"vocoder" meaning in English

See vocoder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: vocoders [plural]
Etymology: From voice and coder. Head templates: {{en-noun}} vocoder (plural vocoders)
  1. Any of several electronic or digital devices or systems for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech. Translations (device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech): voĉsintezilo (Esperanto), vokooderi (Finnish), vocodeur (French), воко́дер (vokóder) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vocoder-en-noun-fA9d~-wJ

Verb

Forms: vocoders [present, singular, third-person], vocodering [participle, present], vocodered [participle, past], vocodered [past]
Etymology: From voice and coder. Head templates: {{en-verb}} vocoder (third-person singular simple present vocoders, present participle vocodering, simple past and past participle vocodered)
  1. (transitive) To analyse or synthesize (speech) by means of such a device. Tags: transitive Synonyms: vocode
    Sense id: en-vocoder-en-verb-EJUvp4fC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 75

Inflected forms

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          "synthesis",
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          "speech",
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      ],
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech",
          "word": "voĉsintezilo"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech",
          "word": "vokooderi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech",
          "word": "vocodeur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vokóder",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "воко́дер"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vocoder"
  ],
  "word": "vocoder"
}

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      "form": "vocodering",
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    },
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      "form": "vocodered",
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        "To analyse or synthesize (speech) by means of such a device."
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        "(transitive) To analyse or synthesize (speech) by means of such a device."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "vocode"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "word": "voĉsintezilo"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech",
      "word": "vokooderi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "device or system for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech",
      "word": "vocodeur"
    },
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    }
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