auditory

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈɔː.dɪ.tɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dɪˌtɔɹ.i/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.dɪˌtɔɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdɪtəɹi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) +‎ -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

auditory (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.

   Synonyms: otic, acoustic, aural, auricular

Derived terms

• auditorian
• auditorily
• auditory bone
• auditory canal
• auditory hallucination
• auditory integration training
• auditory nerve
• auditory processing disorder
• auditory tube
• cardioauditory
• external auditory meatus
• internal auditory canal
• nonauditory
• oculoauditory
• postauditory
• preauditory
• subauditory
• visuoauditory

 

Related terms

• audio
• audio-
• auditorium

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: سَمْعِيّ (samʕiyy)
• Armenian: լսողական (hy) (lsoġakan)
• Bulgarian: слухов (sluhov)
• Catalan: auditiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聽覺的／听觉的 (zh) (tīngjué de), 耳朵的 (zh) (ěrduo de)

• Czech: sluchový (cs) m
• Dutch: auditief (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭda
• French: auditoire (fr), auditif (fr)
• German: auditorisch, auditiv (de)
• Hebrew: קולי (he) class קול/קוליים (ḳoli)
• Italian: uditivo (it)
• Macedonian: слу́шен m (slúšen)
• Polish: audialny, słuchowy (pl), audytywny
• Portuguese: auditivo (pt), auditório (pt)
• Romanian: auditiv (ro)
• Russian: слухово́й (ru) (sluxovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: claisneach, claistinneach
• Slovak: sluchový
• Spanish: auditivo (es)

Etymology 2

From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) +‎ -y.

Noun

auditory (plural auditories)

1. (archaic) Synonym of audience.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist‎^[1], page 7:

     ...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory...

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 26:

     A general murmur of assent arose from his little auditory.

2. (archaic) Synonym of auditorium.

Related terms

• audition
• audio

Translations

audience — see audience

auditorium — see auditorium

References

• “auditory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “auditory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.