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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Fourteen-year-old Frankie Treadaway voices Harry Potter in the first three of the new audiobooks, with Arabella Stanton and Max Lester playing Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 The Unfunny Bunny audiobook edition will debut alongside the hardcover edition in early 2026. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025 An early venture exit coup with Audible Zeev’s very first deal after settling in Silicon Valley was buying up 40% of audiobook pioneer Audible. Michal Lev-Ram, Cnbc Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025 In a move that met with widespread criticism, last year Spotify reduced its royalty payments to musicians and songwriters by hundreds of millions of dollars per year by automatically imposing a bundling plan with its audiobooks division that few music fans would seem likely to want. Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Oct. 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

Time Traveler
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 9 Nov. 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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