listener

English

Etymology

From listen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪs(ə)nə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: lis‧ten‧er

Noun

listener (plural listeners)

1. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
   • 1904, William Henry Hudson, “chapter 2”, in Green Mansions:

     […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep […]

   • 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men:

     And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.

2. (computing, programming, chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
3. (slang) A person's ear.
   • Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life(Can we date this quote by Fancy Gazette and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.

4. (formal) A musical anthology.

Derived terms

• listener fatigue
• listenership

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: リスナー (risunā)

Translations

someone who listens

• Albanian: dëgjues (sq) m
• Amharic: አድማጭ (ʾädmač̣), ሰሚ (sämi)
• Arabic: مُسْتَمِع m (mustamiʕ), مُسْتَمِعَة f (mustamiʕa)
• Armenian: ունկնդիր (hy) (unkndir)
• Azerbaijani: dinləyici, eşidən (South Azerbaijani)
• Bashkir: тыңлаусы (tıñlawsı)
• Basque: entzule
• Belarusian: слуха́ч m (sluxáč), слуха́чка f (sluxáčka)
• Bengali: শ্রোতা (bn) (srōta)
• Bulgarian: слуша́тел (bg) m (slušátel), слуша́телка f (slušátelka)
• Burmese: သောတရှင် (my) (sau:ta.hrang)
• Catalan: oient (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傾聽者／倾听者 (zh) (qīngtīngzhě), 聽者／听者 (zh) (tīngzhě), 聆聽者／聆听者 (língtīngzhě)

• Czech: posluchač (cs) m, posluchačka f
• Danish: lytter (da) c, tilhører c
• Dutch: luisteraar (nl) m, toehoorder (nl) m
• Estonian: kuulaja
• Finnish: kuuntelija (fi)
• French: auditeur (fr) m, auditrice (fr) f, écouteur (fr) m, écouteuse (fr) f
• Galician: ouvinte (gl) m or f
• Georgian: მსმენელი (msmeneli)
• German: Zuhörer (de) m, Zuhörerin (de) f
• Greek: ακροατής (el) m (akroatís), ακροάτρια (el) f (akroátria)

  Ancient: ἀκροατής (akroatḗs)

• Hebrew: מַאֲזִין m (ma'azín)
• Hindi: श्रोता (hi) m (śrotā)
• Hungarian: hallgató (hu)
• Icelandic: hlustandi m
• Interlingua: ascoltator
• Italian: ascoltatore (it) m, ascoltatrice f, uditore (it) m, uditrice f
• Japanese: 聞き手 (ja) (ききて, kikite), 聴取者 (ちょうしゅしゃ, chōshusha), リスナー (risunā)
• Kazakh: тыңдаушы (tyñdauşy), тыңдарман (tyñdarman)
• Khmer: អ្នកស្ដាប់ (nĕək sdap)
• Korean: 경청자(傾聽者) (gyeongcheongja), 청취자(聽取者) (cheongchwija)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گوێگر (gwêgir), بیسەر (bîser)

  Northern Kurdish: guhdar (ku) m or f

• Kyrgyz: угуучу (ky) (uguucu), тыңшоочу (tıŋşoocu)
• Lao: ຜູ້ຟັງ (phū fang)
• Latin: audiens (la) m, auscultātor m
• Latvian: klausītājs m, klausītāja f
• Lithuanian: klausytojas m
• Luxembourgish: Nolauschterer m, Nolauschterin f
• Macedonian: слушател m (slušatel), слушателка f (slušatelka)
• Malay: pendengar (ms)
• Maori: kaiwhakarongo, kaiwhakaoko
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сонсогч (mn) (sonsogč)

• Norman: êcouteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lytter (no) m, tilhører m

  Nynorsk: lyttar m

• Pashto: اورېدونکی m (awredunkay), سامع m (sāme')
• Persian: شنونده (fa) (šenavande)
• Polish: słuchacz (pl) m, słuchaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ouvinte (pt) m or f
• Romanian: ascultător (ro), ascultătoare (ro) f, auditor (ro), auditoare (ro) f
• Russian: слу́шатель (ru) m (slúšatelʹ), слу́шательница (ru) f (slúšatelʹnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluinntear
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слу̀шалац m, слу̀шатељ m, слушатѐљица f

  Roman: slùšalac (sh) m, slùšatelj (sh) m, slušatèljica (sh) f

• Slovak: poslucháč m, poslucháčka f
• Slovene: poslušalec m, poslušalka f
• Spanish: oyente (es) m or f, escuchador (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: arkiman
• Swahili: msikilizaji (sw)
• Swedish: åhörare (sv) c, lyssnare (sv) c
• Tajik: шунаванда (tg) (šunavanda)
• Tatar: тыңлаучы (tt) (tıñlawçı)
• Thai: ผู้ฟัง (pûu-fang)
• Turkish: dinleyici (tr)
• Turkmen: diňleýji
• Ukrainian: слуха́ч m (sluxáč), слуха́чка f (sluxáčka)
• Urdu: سامع m (sāme'), شروتا m (śrotā)
• Uyghur: ئاڭلىغۇچى (anglighuchi)
• Uzbek: tinglovchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thính giả (vi), người nghe
• Yiddish: אויסהערער m (oysherer), צוהערער m (tsuherer)

(computing) a function that runs in response to an event

• Finnish: kuuntelija (fi)
• German: Beobachter (de) m
• Japanese: リスナー (risunā)
• Korean: 리스너 (riseuneo)
• Persian: شنوال (fa)
• Spanish: escucha (es) f

slang: ear

• Finnish: ööra (slang); korva (fi) (standard)

See also

• audience

Anagrams

• Leinster, Leitners, enlister, re-enlist, reenlist, relisten, silenter