audition

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).

NounEdit

audition (countable and uncountable, plural auditions)

1. (countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent

   I've been to five auditions this week.

2. (uncountable) The sense of hearing

   His audition was poor.

SynonymsEdit

• (performance by an aspiring performer): casting
• (performance by an aspiring performer): tryout

TranslationsEdit

performance by an aspiring performer

• Arabic: تَجْرِبة أَدَاء (tajriba(t) ʾadāʾ)
• Bulgarian: прослушване (proslušvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 試演 (zh), 试演 (zh) (shìyǎn)

• Finnish: koe-esiintyminen
• French: audition (fr) f
• German: Vorsingen n (singing audition), Casting (de) n, Vorspielen (de) n
• Italian: audizione f

• Japanese: オーディション (ōdishon)
• Korean: 오디션 (odisyeon)
• Malay: uji bakat, audisi
• Portuguese: teste (pt) m, ensaio (pt) m
• Russian: прослу́шивание (ru) n (proslúšivanije), про́ба (ru) f (próba)
• Serbo-Croatian: audicija (sh) f
• Spanish: audición (es) f
• Swedish: uttagning (sv) c, inträdesprov n, audition (sv) c

sense of hearing

• Bulgarian: слух (bg) m (sluh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聽覺 (zh), 听觉 (zh) (tīngjué)

• Czech: sluch (cs) m
• Finnish: kuulo (fi), kuuloaisti (fi)
• French: audition (fr) f

• German: Gehör (de) n
• Italian: audizione f, ascoltazione f
• Malay: daya dengar, pendengaran, audisi
• Portuguese: audição (pt) f
• Russian: слух (ru) m (slux)
• Spanish: oído (es) m, audición (es) f

VerbEdit

audition (third-person singular simple present auditions, present participle auditioning, simple past and past participle auditioned)

1. (transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.

   We auditioned several actors for the part.

   • 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, ISBN 978-0-00-727796-4:

     I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

2. (intransitive) To take part in such a performance.

   Several actors auditioned for the part.

TranslationsEdit

evaluate one or more performers in through an audition

• Bulgarian: прослушвам (bg) (proslušvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面試 (zh), 面试 (zh) (miànshì)

• Finnish: auditoida, arvioida (fi)

• French: auditionner (fr)
• German: ein Casting veranstalten
• Italian: ascoltare (it)
• Spanish: hacer una audición (es)

take part in such a performance

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 試演 (zh), 试演 (zh) (shìyǎn)

• Finnish: koe-esiintyä
• German: vorsingen, vorspielen (de)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Derived termsEdit

• auditioner
• auditionee

Related termsEdit

• audience
• auditory

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin auditio, auditionem.

NounEdit

audition f (plural auditions)

1. audition (all senses)