MP3

English

Etymology

An initialism of MPEG Audio Layer 3. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below.

Noun

MP3 (plural MP3s)

1. A digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file.

Proper noun

MP3

1. (audio file format) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.
   • 1994 November 6, Francois Dion, “Does anyone know of .mpa to .wav conversion software.”, in comp.multimedia‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Also, mpeg audio streams are usually identified by mp1, mp2 and mp3 extensions, all from MPEG-1 (layer 1 , 2 or 3).

Derived terms

• MP3 CD
• MP3 player

Related terms

• MP4

Translations

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3

• Arabic: إِم بِي ثْرِي m (ʔem bī ṯrī), إم بي 3 m (ʔem bī ṯrī), إم بي 3 m (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa), إم بي ٣ m (ʔem bī ṯrī), إم بي ٣ m (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa), MP3 m (ʔem bī ṯrī), MP3 m (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa), إِم بِي ثَلَاثَة m (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: MP3 (zh)

• Czech: MP3 f
• Dutch: mp3 (nl) m
• Finnish: MP3 (fi)
• German: MP3 (de) n (emm-pee-drei)
• Greek: έμ-πι-θρί (ém-pi-thrí), έμ-πι-τρία (ém-pi-tría), MP3
• Hindi: एम् पी ३ (em pī 3), एम् पी थ्री (em pī thrī), MP3
• Japanese: エムピースリー (emu-pī-surī), MP3 (ja) (MP3)
• Korean: 엠피쓰리 (empisseuri), MP3 (ko)
• Persian: ام‌پی‌تری (em-pi-teri)
• Polish: MP3 (pl) n
• Portuguese: MP3 (pt) m
• Russian: эм-пи-три́ m (em-pi-trí), MP3 m
• Thai: เอ็มพีสาม (em pee săam), เอ็มพี๓ (em pee săam), เอ็มพี 3 (em pee săam), MP3 (MP3)
• Turkish: MP3 (em-pi-üç)

Further reading

• MP3 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chinese

Etymology

Partial calque of English MP3. From English MP3 + 三 (sān, “three”). Compare Thai เอ็มพีสาม (em-pii-sǎam) < English MP3 + สาม (sǎam, “three”) ( < Middle Chinese 三 (MC sam)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áimu-pì-sān

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹ pi¹ saam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: MP3
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áimůpìsan
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-mu⁵-pʻi⁴-san¹
    • Yale: ái-mu-pì-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.mupihsan
    • Palladius: аймуписань (ajmupisanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ mu³ pʰi⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹ pi¹ saam¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹ pi¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ém¹ pi¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/

Noun

MP3

1. MP3
2. Short for MP3播放器 (áimu-pì-sān bōfàngqì).
3. Short for MP3播放機／MP3播放机 (áimu-pì-sān bōfàngjī).

Related terms

• MP4 (áimu-pì-sì)

Polish

MP3

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English MP3.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛm.pɛˈtʂɘ/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɘ
• Syllabification: M‧P‧3

Noun

MP3 n (indeclinable)

1. MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format)

   Coordinate term: MP4

2. (music) MP3 (digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file)

   Synonym: (colloquial) empetrójka

   Coordinate terms: (colloquial) empeczwórka, MP4

3. (music) MP3 player (electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format (and, in many cases, also files in some other formats and/or including a radio function))

   Synonyms: (colloquial) empetrójka, odtwarzacz MP3

   Coordinate terms: (colloquial) empeczwórka, MP4

Further reading

• MP3 in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• MP3 in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Noun

MP3 m (invariable)

1. MP3 player

   Synonym: (Brazil) tocador de MP3