auditorium

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auditorium

  • /ɔː.dɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əm/ UK
  • /ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/ US
  • /ˈɑ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/ Canada, cot caught merger

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Borrowed from Latin audītōrium, from audītōrius (“pertaining to hearing”). Equivalent to auditory + -ium.

noun auditoriums · auditoria

  1. A large room for public meetings or performances.
  2. The space where the audience is located in a theater, etc. The Academy of Music is 204 feet in length and 114 feet in width at the auditorium part, and and ^([sic]) 121 feet at the stage; hence covering an area of 24,020 square feet, of which 9,760 square feet are the area of the stage and its dependencies, and 14,260 square feet are appropriated to the aud

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: amphitheatre, theatre, audience, library, lecture, the, room, chamber, courtroom, hall, day, gymnasium, dag, salle, runway, grandstand

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noun large room for public meetings or performances

Españolauditorio, sala
日本語講堂 kōdō
中文禮堂 /礼堂 lǐtáng, 會堂 /会堂 huìtáng
हिन्दीप्रेक्षागृह prekṣāgŕh
Kiswahilibwalo
Portuguêsauditório
Françaisamphi
Italianosala, auditorium
Ελληνικάαίθουσα aíthousa
Românăaulă
Русскийаудито́рия auditórija, зал zal
Tiếng Việtgiảng đường

noun space where the audience is located

Españolauditorio
中文禮堂 /礼堂 lǐtáng, 會堂 /会堂 huìtáng
हिन्दीप्रेक्षागृह prekṣāgŕh
Portuguêsauditório
Françaissalle, auditorium, auditoire
DeutschZuschauerraum, Auditorium
Italianoauditorio, auditorium
Ελληνικάακροατήριο akroatírio
Românăaulă
Русскийзри́тельный зал zrítelʹnyj zal, аудито́рия auditórija

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@misc{auditorium_2026,
  title = {auditorium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auditorium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}