altoparlante

Italian

Etymology

From alto- +‎ parlante, a calque of English loudspeaker modelled on French haut-parleur.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.to.parˈlan.te/
Rhymes: -ante
Hyphenation: al‧to‧par‧làn‧te

Noun

altoparlante m (plural altoparlanti)

speaker, loudspeaker

Descendants

→ Albanian: altoparlant
→ Spanish: altoparlante

References

altoparlante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian altoparlante.

Noun

altoparlante m (plural altoparlantes)

(Latin America) loudspeaker
Synonyms: altavoz, parlante

Further reading

“altoparlante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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