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acoustic

adjectifnomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//əˈkuː.stɪk//
  • Canada//əˈku.stɪk//
  • Australie//əˈkʉː.stɪk//
  • Nouvelle-Zélande//əˈkʉː.stək//

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. Of a device or system, using sound energy in its operation.

  3. 3

    Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. Of an explosive mine or other weapon, able to be set off by sound waves.

  4. 4

    Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.

    acoustic guitar, acoustic piano

    Coordinate term: unplugged

  5. 5

    Nonelectric; mechanical or otherwise basic.

    acoustic bike

    KEY: I've had a banana in banana cake. WATSON: But you haven't had a sort of acoustic banana?

    For a lot of people, riding a bike through a crowded city—or even on suburban avenues—might feel daunting. Should you get an electric or acoustic bicycle?

    E-bikes have now become so popular that old-fashioned, human-powered ones are tagged as “analog” or “acoustic” bikes.

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, acūsticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustĭkós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjectival suffix).

nom

  1. 1

    The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

  2. 2

    A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.

  3. 3

    Variante de acoustic guitarClipping of acoustic guitar.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Aussi une forme de autisticEuphemistic form of autistic.

    Implying mathematicians aren't acoustic. I'm an engineer, and even mathematicians freak me out with their autism.

    Spinners are for severely acoustic children

    I explained I got a 3 day ban for calling someone acoustic because it's bullying/harassment, hence the use of acoustic.

    cant stand self diagnosed acoustic people ☠️

Étymologie

Due to the shared metrical structure of autistic and acoustic. Popularized on TikTok in late October 2023.

Formes

pluriel
acoustics
comparatif
more acoustic
superlatif
most acoustic
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Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).