audiodescription
French, noun/o.djo.dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
audiodescription is spelled A-U-D-I-O-D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Audiodescription is a French feminine noun meaning “audio description; synonym of vidéodescription” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de techniques qui permettent de rendre des objets culturels entièrement ou en partie visuels (films…”.
What does audiodescription mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaudio description; synonym of vidéodescription
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de techniques qui permettent de rendre des objets culturels entièrement ou en partie visuels (films, spectacles, expositions…) accessibles aux personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes grâce à un texte en voix off qui décrit les éléments visuels de l’œuvre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of audiodescription
- audiodescriptions plural
- audio-description alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce audiodescription?
- /o.djo.dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
- \o.djo.dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
- [o.djo.dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is audiodescription in French?
audiodescription appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).