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loudspeaker

/ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/noun

loudspeaker is a noun meaning “An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-U-D-S-P-E-A-K-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of loudspeaker is loudspeakers.

What does loudspeaker mean?

noun

  1. 1

    An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

  2. 2

    Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.

  3. 3

    An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce loudspeaker?

  • UK /laʊdˈspiːkə/
  • US /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/

Loudspeaker has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loudspeaker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of loudspeaker

  • loudspeakers plural
  • loud speaker

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is loudspeaker?

Loudspeaker appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with loudspeaker

Also written: loud speaker (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Loudspeaker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchhaut-parleur (transducer), enceinte acoustique (encasing)
GermanLautsprecher (transducer), Lautsprecherbox, Box (encasing)
Portuguesealto-falante, altifalante, coluna (transducer), caixa de som (encasing)
Spanishaltavoz, altoparlante, magnavoz (transducer), caja acústica (encasing)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.