Meaning
lip-syncing, playback
- the technique of miming singing or speech over pre-recorded audio
In a sentence
Il cantante si è esibito in playback durante il concerto.
The singer performed to playback during the concert.
Tutti si sono accorti che non cantava dal vivo, ma in playback.
Everyone noticed that she was not singing live, but lip-syncing.
Perché preferisci registrare i video musicali in playback?
Why do you prefer to record music videos using lip-syncing?
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| playback | masculine · singular |
| playback | masculine · plural |
| playback | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- English loanword; masculine and invariable in Italian.
- Almost always used in the prepositional phrase 'in playback' (lip-syncing, to a backing track).