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Auditorium
1.
The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.
☞ In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers.
Definition 2024
Auditorium
auditorium
auditorium
See also: Auditorium and auditórium
English
Noun
auditorium (plural auditoriums or auditoria)
- A large room for public meetings or performances.
- (in a theater, etc.) The space where the audience is located.
Translations
a large room for public meetings or performances
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the space where the audience is located
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French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin auditorium.
Pronunciation
Noun
auditorium m (plural auditoriums)
Latin
Etymology
From audiō (“I hear”) + -tōrium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aʊ.diːˈtoː.ri.um/
Noun
audītōrium n (genitive audītōriī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | audītōrium | audītōria |
| genitive | audītōriī | audītōriōrum |
| dative | audītōriō | audītōriīs |
| accusative | audītōrium | audītōria |
| ablative | audītōriō | audītōriīs |
| vocative | audītōrium | audītōria |
Related terms
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Adjective
audītōrium
- nominative neuter singular of audītōrius
- accusative masculine singular of audītōrius
- accusative neuter singular of audītōrius
- vocative neuter singular of audītōrius
References
- auditorium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auditorium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- AUDITORIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- auditorium in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- auditorium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auditorium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin