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    <title>audience</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">==English==
{{wikipedia|dab=audience (disambiguation)|audience}}

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|lang=fr|audience}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈɔːdiəns/}}, {{SAMPA|/&quot;O:di@ns/}}
* {{audio|en-us-audience.ogg|Audio (US)}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[group]] of people seeing a [[performance]].
#: ''We joined the '''audience''' just as the lights went down.''
# The [[readership]] of a [[written]] [[publication]].
#: ''&quot;Private Eye&quot; has a small but faithful '''audience'''.''
# A [[following]]
#: ''The opera singer expanded his '''audience''' by singing songs from the shows.''
# A [[formal]] meeting with a [[state]] or [[religious]] [[dignitary]].
#: ''She managed to get an '''audience''' with the Pope.''

====Usage notes====
* In some dialects, ''audience'' is used as a [[plurale tantum]].
*: ''The audience are getting restless.''

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|group of people seeing a performance}} [[spectators]], [[crowd]]

====Derived terms====
* [[intended audience]]
* [[target audience]]

====Related terms====
* [[audition]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|group of people seeing a performance}}
* Chinese:
*: Traditional/simplified: [[觀眾]],[[观众]] (guang zhong)
* Czech: {{t-|cs|obecenstvo|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|publiek|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yleisö}}, {{t+|fi|katsoja|p|alt=katsojat}}
* German: {{t+|de|Publikum|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ακροατήριο|n|tr=akroatério|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|közönség}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pubblico|m}}
* Japanese: {{Jpan|[[聴衆]]}} ({{Jpan|[[ちょうしゅう]]}}, chōshū)
* Korean: {{t|ko|관중|tr=gwanjung|sc=Hang}}
* Kurdish: {{t-|ku|جمهور|sc=ku-Arab}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|publikum|n}}
* Russian: [[публика]] (públika) {{f}}, [[зрители]] (zrít'eli) {{p}}, [[аудитория]] (auditórija) {{f}}
* Slovene: [[občinstvo]] {{n}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|audiencia|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|readership of a written publication}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|publiek|n}}, {{t|nl|lezerspubliek|n}}, {{t|nl|lezers|p}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukija|p|alt=lukijat}}, {{t-|fi|lukijakunta}}
* German: {{t+|de|Publikum|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κοινό|n|tr=koinó|sc=Grek}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pubblico|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|lesere|p}}
* Russian: [[читатели]] (čitát'eli) {{p}}, [[аудитория]] (auditórija) {{f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a following}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gevolg|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary}}
* Chinese:
*: Traditional/simplified: [[聽眾]],[[听众]] (tīng zhong)
* German: {{t+|de|Audienz|f}}
* Greek: {{t|el|ακρόαση|f|tr=akróasi|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|kihallgatás}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|udienza|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аудиенция|f|tr=audijéncija|sc=Cyrl}}
* Slovene: [[avdienca]] {{f}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|audiencia|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* {{ttbc|Albanian}}: [[audiencë]]
* {{ttbc|French}}: [[assistance#French|assistance]], [[public#French|public]]
* {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[קהל]] (qahal) {{m}} (1); [[קהל-הקוראים]] (qahal-ha'qor'ym) {{m}} (2);
[[קהל-מעריצים]] (qhal-ma'aritzym) {{m}} (3); [[מפגש]] (mifgash) {{m}} (4)
* {{ttbc|Ido}}: [[audienco]]
{{trans-mid}}
* {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[pubblici]]
* {{ttbc|Korean}}:
*: Hangul: [[경청자]]
*: Romaja: gyeongcheongja
* {{ttbc|Latin}}: [[auditores]] ''nominative'', auditorum ''genitive''; [[spectatores]] ''nominative'', [[spectatorum]] ''genitive''
* {{ttbc|Serbian}}: [[gledaoci]] (viewers), [[slušaoci]] (listeners)
{{trans-bottom}}

====External links====
* {{pedialite}}

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==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|Fr-audience.ogg|audio}}
* {{IPA|lang=fr|/ɔ.djɑ̃s/}}, {{SAMPA|/O.djA~s/}}

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|la}} ''[[audentia]]''.

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[#English|audience]], [[viewer]]

====Synonyms====
* [[attention]]
* [[entretien]]
* [[séance]]

====Related terms====
* [[audimat]]
* [[audimètre]]
* [[auditeur]], [[auditrice]]
* [[audition]]
* [[auditoire]]

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