haut-parleur

French

Alternative forms

• HP (abbreviation)

Etymology

From haut +‎ parleur, a calque of English loudspeaker.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o.paʁ.lœʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -œʁ
• Homophone: haut-parleurs

Noun

haut-parleur m (plural haut-parleurs)

1. loudspeaker

Descendants

• → Turkish: hoparlör
  • → Northern Kurdish: hoparlor

Further reading

• “haut-parleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.