auditory
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to hearing”).
Adjective
auditory (not comparable)
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to hearing
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Etymology 2
From Latin audītōrium.
Noun
auditory (plural auditories)
- (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...
- (archaic) An auditorium.
Translations
an assembly of hearers; an audience
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an auditorium
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