audiobook

noun

au·​dio·​book ˈȯ-dē-ō-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce audiobook (audio)
: a recording of a book or magazine being read aloud

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Digital content such as audiobooks, eBooks, games, and more. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025 With Someday, Now, the idea to create an audiobook emerged organically from my own love of the format and my curiosity about how layering ambient sounds into a sensorily immersive storytelling experience might inform the writing and the listening. Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 In addition to publishing a range of podcasts, the Pushkin network includes a healthy menu of audiobook titles. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 For years leading up to the 2020s, the audiobook industry experienced rumblings of the coming robopocalypse. Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for audiobook

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Etymology

audio- + book entry 1

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of audiobook was in 1942

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“Audiobook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audiobook. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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audiobook

noun
au·​dio·​book ˈȯd-ē-ō-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce audiobook (audio)
: a recording of a book being read
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