lip sync

See also: lipsync and lip-sync

English

Alternative forms

• lipsync, lipsynch (noun)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

lip sync (uncountable)

1. (music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.

Derived terms

• lip-sync

Translations

synchronization of music with lips

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咪嘴 (mai¹ zeoi²)

  Mandarin: 假唱 (zh) (jiǎchàng)

• Czech: playback (cs) m
• Dutch: playback (nl) m
• Finnish: huulisynkronointi
• French: surjeu (fr) m, playback (fr) m, play-back (fr) m
• German: Lippensynchronisation f
• Hebrew: לִיפּ סִינְק m (lip sink)
• Italian: playback (it) m, play-back m
• Japanese: 口パク (ja) (kuchi-paku), リップシンク (rippushinku)
• Korean: 립싱크 (ko) (ripsingkeu)
• Norwegian: leppesynkronisere
• Persian: لب زنی, لبزنی (lab-zani)
• Polish: playback (pl) m
• Portuguese: playback (pt) m
• Romanian: play-back (ro) n
• Russian: исполне́ние под фоногра́мму n (ispolnénije pod fonográmmu), липси́нк (ru) m (lipsínk)
• Slovak: playback (sk) m, plejbek m
• Spanish: playback m (pléibak), sincronización labial f, fonomímica (es) f
• Swedish: läppsynk c, playback (sv) c
• Turkish: pleybek (tr)
• Ukrainian: викона́ння під фоногра́му n (vykonánnja pid fonohrámu)
• Vietnamese: nhép môi

Verb

lip sync (third-person singular simple present lip syncs, present participle lip syncing or lip synching, simple past and past participle lip synced or lip synched)

1. Alternative form of lip-sync.

   Debbie lip synced the theme song to All In The Family.