earbud

See also: ear bud

English

Charging case with Bluetooth earbuds below.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈiɹ.bʌd/
• Hyphenation: ear‧bud

Noun

earbud (plural earbuds)

1. A small earphone designed to be placed in the ear canal for use with portable sound systems.
   • 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2019:

     Both have ears plugged with earbuds, delightfully oblivious to the mayhem and destruction unfolding in the background of every shot: fire, car crashes, brain-hungry zombies!

2. Alternative form of ear bud.

Derived terms

• bud up
• earbudded

Translations

small earphone

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: oortje (nl) pl, oordopje (nl) n, oortelefoon (nl) m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: korvanappi (fi), nappikuuloke (fi)
• French: écouteur (fr)
• German: In-Ohr-Kopfhörer m
• Japanese: イヤホン (ja)
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• Spanish: pinganillo m (inconspicuous earbud), audífono intraaural m, intraauricular m
• Swedish: öronsnäcka (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tai nghe (vi), tai nghe không dây

Anagrams

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