voice-over

See also: voiceover

English

Alternative forms

• voiceover

Etymology

voice +‎ over

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/
• Hyphenation: voice-‧over

Noun

voice-over (plural voice-overs)

1. A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. The voice audio track of such a broadcast. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• voice-over artist

Translations

production technique

• Esperanto: ekstercena voĉo
• French: voix hors champ (fr) f or f pl
• Hungarian: hangalámondás
• Polish: szeptanka (pl) f (colloquial), tłumaczenie lektorskie n
• Russian: зака́дровый перево́д m (zakádrovyj perevód), зака́дровое озвуча́ние n (zakádrovoje ozvučánije), войсо́вер (ru) m (vojsóver)
• Spanish: voz en off, sobrevoz f

voice-overed release

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畫外音／画外音 (zh) (huàwàiyīn)

• Dutch: voice-over (nl) m
• Estonian: pealelugemine
• Finnish: selostus (fi), selostettu ohjelma
• French: voix off (fr) f
• German: Voice-over n
• Japanese: ボイスオーバー (boisuōbā)
• Norwegian: fortellerstemme
• Polish: wersja lektorska f, wydanie lektorskie n, tłumaczenie lektorskie n, lektor (pl) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: dublado (pt) m
• Russian: зака́дровая озву́чка f (zakádrovaja ozvúčka), войсо́вер (ru) m (vojsóver)
• Spanish: doblaje (es) m
• Swedish: lektorsdubbning (sv)
• Vietnamese: lời thuyết minh

audio track

• Finnish: selostus (fi)
• French: voix off (fr) f
• German: Offstimme f
• Maori: reo āpiti
• Polish: lektor (pl) m, ścieżka lektorska f
• Spanish: pista de doblaje f

See also

• dub, dubbing, revoice

Verb

voice-over (third-person singular simple present voice-overs, present participle voice-overing, simple past and past participle voice-overed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).

Anagrams

• overvoice