audition

English

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

• (performance by an aspiring performer): casting

Translations

performance by an aspiring performer

• Bulgarian: прослушване (bg) (proslušvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 試演 (cmn), 试演 (cmn) (shìyǎn)

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

• Japanese: オーディション (ja) (ōdishon)
• Korean: 오디션 (ko) (odisyeon)
• Portuguese: teste (pt) m, ensaio (pt) m
• Russian: прослушивание (ru) (proslúšivanije) n , проба (ru) (próba) f 
• Spanish: audición (es) f

sense of hearing

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

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

• Finnish: kuulo (fi), kuuloaisti (fi)
• French: audition (fr) f

• German: Gehör (de) n
• Portuguese: audição (pt) f
• Russian: слух (ru) (slux) m 
• 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.

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

   Several actors auditioned for the part.

Translations

evaluate one or more performers in through an audition

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

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

• Finnish: auditoida (fi), arvioida (fi)

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

take part in such a performance

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

  Mandarin: 試演 (cmn), 试演 (cmn) (shìyǎn)

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

Derived terms

• auditioner
• auditionee

Related terms

• audience
• auditory