subwoofer
French, noun/sə.bwu.fəʁ/
subwoofer is spelled S-U-B-W-O-O-F-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subwoofer is a French masculine noun meaning “subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Haut-parleur de sous-graves destiné à la reproduction des fréquences sonores comprises entre 20 et 80 Hz”.
What does subwoofer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesubwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haut-parleur de sous-graves destiné à la reproduction des fréquences sonores comprises entre 20 et 80 Hz.
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 subwoofer
- subwoofers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subwoofer?
- /sə.bwu.fəʁ/
- \səb.wu.fəʁ\
- [səb.wu.fər]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subwoofer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subwoofer in French?
subwoofer appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).