auditorium

See also auditórium

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin audītōrium, from audītōrius (“pertaining to hearing”).

Noun

auditorium (plural auditoriums or auditoria)

1. A large room for public meetings or performances.
2. (in a theater, etc.) The space where the audience is located.

Translations

a large room for public meetings or performances

• Afrikaans: aula (af)
• Albanian: auditor (sq) m
• Bulgarian: зала (bg) (zala), салон (bg) (salon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮堂 (cmn), 礼堂 (cmn) (lǐtáng), 會堂 (cmn), 会堂 (cmn) (huìtáng)

• Dutch: gehoorzaal (nl) f
• Finnish: auditorio (fi)
• Greek: αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων (el) (aíthousa synedriáseon) f 
• Hungarian: előadóterem (hu), auditórium (hu), hangversenyterem (hu)
• Irish: halla éisteachta (ga) m

• Italian: sala (it) f
• Mongolian: өрөө (mn) (öröö) 
• Portuguese: auditório (pt) m
• Quechua: rimaq pampa (qu)
• Russian: аудитория (ru) (auditórija) f , зал (ru) (zal) m 
• Somali: dhismo weyn oo (so)
• Spanish: auditorio (es) m, sala (es) f
• Tagalog: oditóryum (tl)
• Tatar: tamaşa zalı (tt)
• Tongan: holo
• Yiddish: זאַל (yi) (zal) m

the space where the audience is located

• Armenian: հանդիսասրահ (hy) (handisasrah) 
• Bulgarian: аудитория (bg) (auditorija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮堂 (cmn), 礼堂 (cmn) (lǐtáng), 會堂 (cmn), 会堂 (cmn) (huìtáng)

• Czech: hlediště (cs) n
• Greek: ακροατήριο (el) (akroatírio) n 
• Hungarian: nézőtér (hu)
• Russian: зрительный зал (ru) (zrítelʹnyj zal) m , аудитория (ru) (auditórija) f 
• Serbian: gledalište n

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• Japanese: 講堂 (kōdō)

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Latin

Etymology

From audiō (“I hear”) +‎ -tōrium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /aʊ.diːˈtoː.ri.um/

Noun

audītōrium (genitive audītōriī); n, second declension

1. (law) A hearing.
2. A hall or lecture room.
3. A school.
4. An audience; an assembled group of listeners.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	audītōrium	audītōria
genitive	audītōriī	audītōriōrum
dative	audītōriō	audītōriīs
accusative	audītōrium	audītōria
ablative	audītōriō	audītōriīs
vocative	audītōrium	audītōria

Related terms

audiēns audientia audiō audītiō

audītor audītōriālis audītōrius audītus

Descendants

• English: auditorium
• Russian: аудито́рия (auditórija) f

Adjective

audītōrium

1. nominative neuter singular of audītōrius
2. accusative masculine singular of audītōrius
3. accusative neuter singular of audītōrius
4. vocative neuter singular of audītōrius

References

• auditorium in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879