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MP3 player
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MP3-player
English
Alternative forms
en MP3-player
Noun
An electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format and, in many cases, files in some other formats, as well as including a radio function.
en Jack Schofield What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files? w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jun/27/whats-the-best-cheap-tablet-or-e-reader-for-pdf-files 2019-06-27 A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017235213/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jun/27/whats-the-best-cheap-tablet-or-e-reader-for-pdf-files 17 October 2026
Translations
electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format
Arabic: ar مُشَغِّل إِم بِي ثْرِي m mušáḡḡil ʔem pī ṯrī, ar مشغل MP3 m mušáḡḡil ʔem pī ṯrī, ar إم بي ثري بلاير m ʔem pī ṯrī plēyar
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn MP3播放機 áimu-pì-sān bōfàngjī, cmn MP3播放器 áimu-pì-sān bōfàngqì, cmn MP3 áimu-pì-sān short form
Czech: cs MP3 přehrávač m, cs empétrojka f colloquial
Danish: da mp3-afspiller c
Dutch: nl mp3-speler m
Esperanto: eo mp3-legilo
Finnish: fi MP3-soitin
French: fr lecteur MP3 m
German: de MP3-Player m, de MP3-Spieler m
Hungarian: hu MP3-lejátszó
Italian: it lettore MP3 m
Japanese: ja MP3プレーヤー emu-pī-surī-purēyā
Korean: ko MP3 플레이어 empisseuri peulleieo
Polish: pl odtwarzacz MP3 m, pl empetrójka f colloquial
Portuguese: pt MP3 m, pt tocador de MP3 m
Russian: ru MP3-пле́ер m, ru цифрово́й пле́ер m
Spanish: es reproductor de MP3 m
Swedish: sv MP3-spelare c
Further reading
portable media player