MP3

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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MP3 (plural MP3s)

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

Proper noun

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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

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Translations

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Further reading

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Chinese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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).
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  • MP4 (áimu-pì-sì)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
MP3

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from English MP3.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛm.pɛˈtʂɘ/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: M‧P‧3

Noun

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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

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

Portuguese

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Noun

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MP3 m (invariable)

  1. MP3 player
    Synonym: (Brazil) tocador de MP3