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die Audiodatei

audio file

Ich sende dir die Audiodateien per E-Mail.

I'll send you the audio files by email.

Kannst du diese Audiodatei bitte abspielen?

Can you please play this audio file?

((sth.)) to save/send/play (sth.) I am saving the audio file on my computer.

Tondatei (sound file), Musikdatei (music file)

A compound of 'Audio' (from Latin 'audire', to hear) and 'Datei' (file). Literally a 'file for hearing'.

Think of it as 'audio data'. 'Datei' sounds a bit like 'data'. So, it's an audio data file.

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