Learn Romanian › microfon
microfon
microphone /mikroˈfon/
noun#3000 most common
Also: mic
Example sentences
Acesta este un microfon.
This is a microphone.
Vorbește la microfon, te rog.
Speak into the microphone, please.
Cântăreața a scăpat microfonul pe scenă.
The singer dropped the microphone on stage.
Tehnicianul a verificat toate microfoanele înainte de concert.
The technician checked all the microphones before the concert.
Fără microfonul acela vechi, înregistrarea n-ar fi sunat la fel.
Without that old microphone, the recording would not have sounded the same.
Sensibilitatea microfonului determină cât de bine captează sunetele slabe din încăpere.
The microphone's sensitivity determines how well it picks up faint sounds in the room.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | microfon | microfoane |
| Genitive | microfonului | microfoanelor |
| Accusative | microfon | microfoane |
| Vocative | microfonule | microfoanelor |
Word family
microfonicrelating to a microphone
microfoniemicrophone feedback (audio squeal)
telefontelephonedifuzorloudspeaker
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "microfon" from French "microphone" in the modern era, as radio and telephone technology spread. The French word itself was built from two Greek elements: "mikros", meaning small, and "phōnē", meaning voice or sound. The coinage described a device for picking up faint sounds and making them louder or transmittable.
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