Dubbers

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbəz/

Definitions

1. Individuals who provide voice-over translations for films or TV shows
2. people who create and add sound effects or spoken dialogue to animated works
3. professionals engaged in the process of recording and syncing audio to visual media

Etymology: "Dubbers" is the plural of "dubber," a person who dubs, meaning a voice-over sound artist. The word is built from "dub," the verb meaning to add a new soundtrack or voice to a film or recording, plus the agent suffix "-er," which marks a person who performs an action. The suffix itself came into English through a long chain: from Latin "-arius" via Old French "-ier" and Middle English "-er," an ending that has been used for doers of actions for centuries. The verb "dub" has a surprising sense history. It once meant to confer knighthood by a tap of a sword, and before that it was used of dressing or equipping someone, so the film sense is a notable departure from those earlier meanings. The film and recording sense, in which one voice is substituted for another, developed much later, when sound replaced silent film and soundtracks had to be swapped between languages.

Synonyms: voice actors, sound engineers