feedback

== English == === Etymology === From feed +‎ back. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ === Noun === feedback (usually uncountable, plural feedbacks) Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. Synonyms: estimation, assessment, critique, evaluation (electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system. (amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker. Synonyms: audio feedback, Larsen effect, howlback, howlround ==== Hyponyms ==== negative feedback positive feedback ==== Coordinate terms ==== buffering feedforward ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: Feedback → Japanese: フィードバック (fīdobakku) → Korean: 피드백 (pideubaek) → Polish: feedback → Portuguese: feedback → Russian: фидбэ́к (fidbɛ́k) → Spanish: feedback, → retroalimentación (calque) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === feedback (third-person singular simple present feedbacks, present participle feedbacking, simple past and past participle feedbacked) (music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker. (transitive) To provide informational feedback to. (transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel. ==== Usage notes ==== Some are likely to prefer feed back and its inflected forms feeds back, feeding back, or fed back. === Further reading === feedback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia audio feedback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === From English feedback. === Noun === feedback c (singular definite feedbacken, not used in plural form) feedback (critical evaluation) ==== Synonyms ==== respons tilbagemelding tilbagekobling == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English feedback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfid.bɛk/, /fitˈbɛk/ Hyphenation: feed‧back === Noun === feedback m (uncountable, no diminutive) feedback == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English feedback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːdbæk/, [ˈfiːdbæk] Rhymes: -iːdbæk === Noun === feedback (jargon) feedback ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “feedback”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English feedback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fid.bak/ === Noun === feedback m (plural feedbacks) feedback (generic) === Further reading === “feedback”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English feedback. First attested in 1976. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfid.bɛk/ Rhymes: -idbɛk Syllabification: feed‧back === Noun === feedback m inan feedback (critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results) Synonyms: informacja zwrotna, uwaga, opinia zwrotna ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === feedback in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === feed-back fio de beque (humorous) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English feedback. === Pronunciation === === Noun === feedback m (plural feedbacks) feedback (assessment on information produced) Synonyms: comentário, avaliação, retorno (electronics) feedback (signal that is looped back to control a system within itself) Synonyms: retroalimentação, realimentação feedback (howling sound) Synonyms: retorno, microfonia === Further reading === “feedback”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “feedback”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English feedback. === Noun === feedback n (plural feedbackuri) feedback ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === feed-back === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English feedback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfidbak/ [ˈfið̞.β̞ak] Rhymes: -idbak IPA(key): /fidˈbak/ [fið̞ˈβ̞ak] Rhymes: -ak === Noun === feedback m (plural feedbacks) feedback Synonym: retroalimentación ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “feedback”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “feedback”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]