earbud

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See also: ear bud

English

Charging case with Bluetooth **earbuds** below.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈiɹ.bʌd/
Hyphenation: ear‧bud

Noun

earbud (plural earbuds)

A small earphone designed to be placed in the ear canal for use with portable sound systems.
- 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2019:
  Both have ears plugged with earbuds, delightfully oblivious to the mayhem and destruction unfolding in the background of every shot: fire, car crashes, brain-hungry zombies!
Alternative form of ear bud.

Derived terms

Translations

small earphone

Chinese:
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Dutch: oortje (nl) pl, oordopje (nl) n, oortelefoon (nl) m
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: korvanappi (fi), nappikuuloke (fi)
French: écouteur (fr)
German: In-Ohr-Kopfhörer m
Japanese: イヤホン (ja)
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Spanish: pinganillo m (inconspicuous earbud), audífono intraaural m, intraauricular m
Swedish: öronsnäcka (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: tai nghe (vi), tai nghe không dây

Anagrams

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