audiência

See also: audiencia, Audiencia, and audiència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audientia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /awˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /awˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.a/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /awˈd͡ʒjẽ.sja/ [aʊ̯ˈd͡ʒjẽ.sja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈdjẽ.sjɐ/ [awˈðjẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: au‧di‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

audiência f (plural audiências)

1. hearing (a proceeding at which discussions are heard)
2. audience (formal meeting with a dignitary)
3. audience (group of people seeing a performance)