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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).
    • 2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian[2]:
      A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.

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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