playback
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playback
- /ˈpleɪˌbæk/
Where it comes from
From play + back. Sense 2 is from French playback, a pseudo-anglicism of this term.
noun playbacks
- The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
- Lip-syncing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: replaying, reprinting, replay, resubmission, read, replicate, replication, playable, copy, reproduce, copying, duplication, reading, duplicate, display, viewing
Translations
Every language
noun replaying of recorded sound or moving images
| Español | reproducción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재생 jaesaeng |
| 日本語 | 再生 saisei, プレーバック purēbakku |
| 中文 | 回放 huífàng, 重播 chóngbō, 重放 chóngfàng |
| Português | reprodução |
| Français | lecture |
| Deutsch | Wiedergabe |
| Italiano | reproduzione, playback |
| Русский | воспроизведе́ние vosproizvedénije, прои́грывание proígryvanije |
| العربية | تَشْغِيل tašḡīl |
Talk about this word "playback." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/playback. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. playback. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/playback "playback." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/playback.Cite this
@misc{playback_2026,
title = {playback},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/playback},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
