auditorium

See also: Auditorium and auditórium

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audītōrium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.di.tɔ.ʁjɔm/
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Noun

auditorium m (plural auditoriums)

  1. auditorium

Latin

Etymology

From audiō (“I hear”) +‎ -tōrium.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯.diːˈtoː.ri.um/, [au̯.diːˈtoː.ri.ũ]

Noun

audītōrium n (genitive audītōriī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

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 and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auditorium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auditorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • auditorium in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • auditorium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auditorium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin auditorium

Noun

auditorium n (definite singular auditoriet, indefinite plural auditorier, definite plural auditoria or auditoriene)

  1. an auditorium, in particular a lecture hall
  2. the audience in an auditorium

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin auditorium

Noun

auditorium n (definite singular auditoriet, indefinite plural auditorium, definite plural auditoria)

  1. an auditorium, in particular a lecture hall
  2. the audience in an auditorium

References

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