a device for converting audio-frequency signals into the equivalent sound waves by means of a vibrating conical diaphragm
Sometimes shortened to: speaker
Also called: reproducer
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
loud•speak•er /ˈlaʊdˌspikɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Sound Reproductiona device that changes amplified electronic signals into sound.
loud•speak•er
(loud′spē′kər),USA pronunciation n.
- Sound Reproductionany of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- Sound Reproduction[Audio.]
- Sound Reproductiona device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.
- Sound Reproductionspeaker (def. 4).
- loud + speaker 1880–85
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'loudspeaker' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acoustic feedback
- background music
- baffle
- bass reflex
- bass response
- beam
- boomy
- bullhorn
- coaxial
- crossover network
- diffuser
- driver
- electric
- electric guitar
- exciter lamp
- exponential horn
- feedback
- grille
- horn
- infinite baffle
- intercommunication system
- labyrinth
- loud-hailer
- microphone
- monitor
- monophonic
- page
- reproducer
- sound truck
- speaker
- speakerphone
- squawk box
- subwoofer
- talk-back
- throw
- tweeter
- voice coil
- woofer