auditory

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to hearing”).

Adjective

auditory (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: otic

Derived terms

• auditorian
• auditorily
• auditory bone
• auditory nerve
• postauditory
• preauditory

 

Translations

of or pertaining to hearing

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

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

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

Etymology 2

From Latin audītōrium.

Noun

auditory (plural auditories)

1. (archaic) An assembly of hearers; an audience.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 7:

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

2. (archaic) An auditorium.

Translations

an assembly of hearers; an audience

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: լսարան (hy) (lsaran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聽眾／听众 (zh) (tīngzhòng), 听众 (zh) (tīngzhòng)

• Czech: posluchačstvo n, obecenstvo (cs) n
• Dutch: publiek (nl) n
• French: auditoire (fr) m
• German: Audienz (de) f, Publikum (de) n
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: pubblico (it) m
• Japanese: 聴衆 (ちょうしゅう, chōshū)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: audiência (pt) f
• Russian: аудито́рия (ru) f (auditórija), пу́блика (ru) f (públika)
• Spanish: público (es) m, audiencia (es) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

an auditorium

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: լսարան (hy) (lsaran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮堂／礼堂 (zh) (lǐtáng), 礼堂 (zh) (lǐtáng), 會堂／会堂 (zh) (huìtáng), 会堂 (zh) (huìtáng)

• Czech: auditorium (cs) n
• Dutch: gehoorzaal (nl) f
• Finnish: auditorio (fi)
• French: auditoire (fr) m
• German: Auditorium (de) n, Zuschauerraum (de) m
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: auditorium (it)
• Japanese: 講堂 (こうどう, kōdō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: auditório (pt) m
• Russian: аудито́рия (ru) f (auditórija), зри́тельный зал m (zrítelʹnyj zal)
• Spanish: sala (es) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Related terms

• audition
• audio