aula

See also: aulă, Aula, and aulą

English

Etymology

Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλά (aulá), the form of αὐλή (aulḗ, “forecourt”) in dialects other than Ionic and Attic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔːla]

Noun

aula (plural aulas or aulae or aulæ)

1. (rare) A court or hall.
   • 2014, Peter Guy, As Mirrors Are Lonely (page 115)

     [I]n a healthy environment, young Mahoney might have taken the risk, both with University and, in part, with entering the Aula for the jibs dance.

2. (anatomy, obsolete) The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles.

Anagrams

• ALUA

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aula.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.la/

Noun

aula f (plural aules)

1. classroom

   Synonym: classe

Further reading

• “aula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “aula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.laː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: au‧la

Noun

aula f (plural aula's, diminutive aulaatje n)

1. the auditorium or main hall of a school or university

Descendants

• → Indonesian: aula

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈɑu̯lɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
• Syllabification: au‧la

Noun

aula

1. lobby (spacious reception area, especially in a public building)

   Odotan sinua hotellini aulassa.

   I'm waiting for you in the lobby of my hotel.

Declension

Inflection of aula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		aula	aulat
genitive		aulan	aulojen
partitive		aulaa	auloja
illative		aulaan	auloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aula	aulat
accusative	nom.	aula	aulat
	gen.	aulan
genitive		aulan	aulojen aulainrare
partitive		aulaa	auloja
inessive		aulassa	auloissa
elative		aulasta	auloista
illative		aulaan	auloihin
adessive		aulalla	auloilla
ablative		aulalta	auloilta
allative		aulalle	auloille
essive		aulana	auloina
translative		aulaksi	auloiksi
instructive		—	auloin
abessive		aulatta	auloitta
comitative		—	auloineen

Possessive forms of aula (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	aulani	aulamme
2nd person	aulasi	aulanne
3rd person	aulansa

Compounds

• aulatila
• eteisaula
• sisääntuloaula

See also

• eteinen
• halli
• odotushuone

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Icelandic

Noun

aula

1. indefinite accusative singular of auli
2. indefinite dative singular of auli
3. indefinite genitive singular of auli
4. indefinite accusative plural of auli
5. indefinite genitive plural of auli

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aula, from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯la]
• Hyphenation: au‧la

Noun

aula (plural aula-aula, first-person possessive aulaku, second-person possessive aulamu, third-person possessive aulanya)

1. auditorium.

   Synonym: auditorium

Further reading

• “aula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.la/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -awla
• Hyphenation: àu‧la

Noun

aula f (plural aule)

1. room, hall
2. classroom
3. courtroom

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.la/, [ˈäu̯ɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.la/, [ˈäːu̯lä]

Noun

aula f (genitive aulae); first declension

1. court, forecourt of a house.
2. royal court.
3. (poetic) power of a prince.
4. palace.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aula	aulae
Genitive	aulae	aulārum
Dative	aulae	aulīs
Accusative	aulam	aulās
Ablative	aulā	aulīs
Vocative	aula	aulae

Related terms

• aulicus

Descendants

• Catalan: aula
• Dutch: aula
• English: aula
• Finnish: aula
• Galician: aula
• Italian: aula
• → German: Aula
  • → Polish: aula
• Portuguese: aula
• Sicilian: aula
• Spanish: aula

Etymology 2

Noun

aula f (genitive aulae); first declension

1. Alternative form of ōlla (“pot, cooking pot”)

References

• “aula¹”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “aula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 aula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “191/2”
• “aula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “aula¹” on page 215/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “aula”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 72/2

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈæʉ.lɑ]

Noun

aula

1. great court, great hall

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aula, from Latin aula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.la/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -awla
• Syllabification: au‧la

Noun

aula f

1. (architecture) lecture hall (a room for lectures)
2. (Christianity, architecture) discussion room in a church or basilica

Declension

Declension of aula

	singular	plural
nominative	aula	aule
genitive	auli	aul
dative	auli	aulom
accusative	aulę	aule
instrumental	aulą	aulami
locative	auli	aulach
vocative	aulo	aule

Further reading

• aula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈaw.lɐ/, [ˈaʊ̯.lɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈaw.lɐ/, [ˈaw.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -awlɐ
• Hyphenation: au‧la

Noun

aula f (plural aulas)

1. lecture, lesson; class, auditorium

   Synonym: lição

See also

• Aula
• aula magna

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaula/, [ˈau̯.la]

Noun

aula f (plural aulas)

1. classroom

Usage notes

• The feminine noun aula is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el aula

un aula

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

• aulario
• aulita

Further reading

• “aula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯la/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

aula c

1. an auditorium

Declension

Declension of aula
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aula	aulan	aulor	aulorna
Genitive	aulas	aulans	aulors	aulornas