mike

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /maɪk/ UK /maɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a microphone; to fit with a microphone

The sound crew miked the speaker before the talk.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a microphone; to fit with a... microphonemic

Word family

Related forms microphone

Etymology

An early 20th-century clipping and respelling of microphone (Greek mikrós 'small' + phōnē 'sound, voice').

mikrós Ancient Greek phōnē Ancient Greek

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