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MP3
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English
Etymology
en w:MPEG Audio Layer 3. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below.
Noun
A digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file.
en w:The Real Slim Shady w:Eminem w:The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 I should download her audio on MP3 / And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD
Proper noun
en audio _ file format MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.
en 1994-11-06 Francois Dion Does anyone know of .mpa to .wav conversion software. https://groups.google.com/g/comp.multimedia/c/uvc3GvBOrrI/m/aFOCx4ozIOsJ comp.multimedia Also, mpeg audio streams are usually identified by mp1, mp2 and mp3 extensions, all from MPEG-1 (layer 1 , 2 or 3).
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/20230405211330/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jun/27/whats-the-best-cheap-tablet-or-e-reader-for-pdf-files
Derived terms
en MP3 CD
en MP3 player
Related terms
en MP4
Translations
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
Arabic: ar إِم بِي ثْرِي m ʔem bī ṯrī, ar إم بي 3 m ʔem bī ṯrī, ar إم بي 3 m ʔem bī ṯalāṯa, ar إم بي ٣ m ʔem bī ṯrī, ar إم بي ٣ m ʔem bī ṯalāṯa, ar MP3 m ʔem bī ṯrī Latn, ar MP3 m ʔem bī ṯalāṯa Latn, ar إِم بِي ثَلَاثَة m ʔem bī ṯalāṯa
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn MP3
Czech: cs MP3 f
Dutch: nl mp3 m
Finnish: fi MP3
French: fr
German: de MP3 n emm-pee-drei
Greek: el έμ-πι-θρί, el έμ-πι-τρία, el MP3 Latn
Hindi: hi एम् पी ३, hi एम् पी थ्री, hi MP3 Latn
Japanese: ja エムピースリー emu-pī-surī, ja MP3
Korean: ko 엠피쓰리, ko MP3 Latn
Persian: fa امپیتری em-pi-teri
Polish: pl MP3 n
Portuguese: pt MP3 m
Russian: ru эм-пи-три́ m, ru MP3 m - Latn
Thai: th เอ็มพีสาม em pee săam, th เอ็มพี๓ em pee săam, th เอ็มพี 3 em pee săam, th MP3 Latn
Turkish: tr MP3 (em-pi-üç)
Xibe: sjo ᠠᡞᠮ ᡦᡞ ᠰᠠᠨ aim pi san
Further reading
Chinese
Etymology
zh en MP3. From zh en MP3 MP3 + 三 three. Compare th เอ็มพีสาม < en MP3 MP3 + th สาม three ( < ltc - 三 1).
Pronunciation
áimu-pì-sān,py=MP3 em1 pi1 saam1 n
Noun
zh noun
en MP3
MP3播放器
MP3播放機
Related terms
MP4
Polish
pl:
thumb|MP3
Etymology
pl :obor en:MP3 + 1
Pronunciation
em.pe'trzy Pl-MP3.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-MP3.wav M.P.3
Noun
n 1
en MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format
pl MP4
pl music en MP3 digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file
pl empetrójka<q:colloquial>
pl empeczwórka<q:colloquial> MP4
pl music MP3 player electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format (and, in many cases, also files in some other formats and/or including a radio function)
pl empetrójka<q:colloquial> odtwarzacz MP3
pl empeczwórka<q:colloquial> MP4
Further reading
pl Consumer electronics File formats
Portuguese
Noun
m
MP3 player
pt tocador de MP3 Brazil
Further reading