audition

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

3. An act of hearing.
4. (rare) Something heard.

Synonyms

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

Translations

performance by an aspiring performer

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

  Mandarin: 試演 (zh), 试演 (zh) (shìyǎn)

• Dutch: auditie (nl) f
• Finnish: koe-esiintyminen
• French: audition (fr) f
• German: Vorsingen n (singing audition), Casting (de) n, Vorspielen (de) n, Probesingen n, Probevorführung f, Probespiel (de) n
• Italian: audizione (it) 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 (sv) 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 (it) f, ascoltazione f
• Malay: daya dengar, pendengaran, audisi
• Portuguese: audição (pt) f
• Russian: слух (ru) m (slux)
• Spanish: oído (es) m, audición (es) f

Verb

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:

     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.

Derived terms

• auditioner
• auditionee

Translations

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)
• Japanese: オーディションを開く (オーディションをひらく, ōdishon o hiraku)
• 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)

• Dutch: auditeren (nl), auditie doen

• Finnish: koe-esiintyä
• German: vorsingen, vorspielen (de)
• Japanese: オーディションを受ける (オーディションをうける, ōdishon o ukeru)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Related terms

• audience
• auditory

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audītiō, audītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.di.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

audition f (plural auditions)

1. audition (all senses)