binaural

English

Etymology

From bin- +‎ aural.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

binaural (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears.
   • 2011, anonymous author, “Gnaural : An opensource binaural-beat generator”, in Sourceforge.net‎^[1], retrieved 2013-09-08:

     In 1839, German experimenter Heinrich Wilhelm Dove discovered that illusory "beats" are perceived when pure tones of slightly different frequency are separately and simultaneously presented to each ear. Dove's insight was to realize that since there is no acoustic mixing of the tones, the perceived beats must exist solely within the auditory system, specifically that part which processes binaural (e.g., "stereo") sound.

Coordinate terms

• monaural
• trinaural

Derived terms

• binaurality
• binaurally
• pseudobinaural

Translations

of or designed for use with two ears

• Finnish: kaksikorvainen, binauraalinen
• French: binaural (fr) m
• German: binaural (de)
• Icelandic: tvíheyrnar-, tvíeyrna-, tvíhlustar-
• Italian: binaurale (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: dvoušni

See also

• stereo
• stereophonic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.no.ʁal/, /bi.nɔ.ʁal/

Adjective

binaural (feminine binaurale, masculine plural binauraux, feminine plural binaurales)

1. Synonym of biaural

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

binaural (strong nominative masculine singular binauraler, not comparable)

1. binaural

Declension

Positive forms of binaural (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist binaural	sie ist binaural	es ist binaural	sie sind binaural
strong declension (without article)	nominative	binauraler	binaurale	binaurales	binaurale
	genitive	binauralen	binauraler	binauralen	binauraler
	dative	binauralem	binauraler	binauralem	binauralen
	accusative	binauralen	binaurale	binaurales	binaurale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der binaurale	die binaurale	das binaurale	die binauralen
	genitive	des binauralen	der binauralen	des binauralen	der binauralen
	dative	dem binauralen	der binauralen	dem binauralen	den binauralen
	accusative	den binauralen	die binaurale	das binaurale	die binauralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein binauraler	eine binaurale	ein binaurales	(keine) binauralen
	genitive	eines binauralen	einer binauralen	eines binauralen	(keiner) binauralen
	dative	einem binauralen	einer binauralen	einem binauralen	(keinen) binauralen
	accusative	einen binauralen	eine binaurale	ein binaurales	(keine) binauralen

Further reading

• “binaural” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “binaural” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /binauˈɾal/ [bi.nau̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bi‧nau‧ral

Adjective

binaural m or f (masculine and feminine plural binaurales)

1. binaural