dubber

noun

dub·​ber ˈdə-bər 

plural dubbers

1

: a person who provides a film, television show, etc., with a new soundtrack and especially with new recorded dialogue in a different language from that originally used

The dubbers in France and Quebec often come up with different solutions to the problem of translating American idiom.

—Paul A. Cantor

2

: a device used to copy audio recordings either to the same type of medium (as from one cassette tape to another) or to a different type (as from a cassette tape to a compact disk)

Examples of dubber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are similar cries of alarm coming from dubbers from across Europe. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025

Italian dubbers are also fighting to obtain a contractual safeguard against cutting-edge AI technology that could soon change how Hollywood localizes its movies and TV shows. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dubber

• blubber
• liber
• rubber
• scrubber
• snubber