noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɔː.dɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əm/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/
Canada, cot-caught-merger:/ˈɑ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/
CMU ARPABET:AO2 D AH0 T AO1 R IY0 AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A large room for public meetings or performances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The space where the audience is located in a theater, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area
Narrower terms: assembly hall
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin audītōrium, from audītōrius (“pertaining to hearing”). Equivalent to auditory + -ium.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
aula
— large room for public meetings or performances
Albanian:
auditor
— large room for public meetings or performances
Bulgarian:
зала
(zala)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Bulgarian:
салон
(salon)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Catalan:
auditori
— large room for public meetings or performances
Chinese Mandarin:
禮堂 /礼堂
(lǐtáng)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Chinese Mandarin:
會堂 /会堂
(huìtáng)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Dutch:
gehoorzaal
— large room for public meetings or performances
Dutch:
zaal
— large room for public meetings or performances
Dutch:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Esperanto:
aŭlo
— large room for public meetings or performances
Finnish:
auditorio
— large room for public meetings or performances
French:
amphi
— large room for public meetings or performances
Galician:
auditorio
— large room for public meetings or performances
Georgian:
აუდიტორია
(audiṭoria)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Greek:
αίθουσα
(aíthousa)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Hindi:
प्रेक्षागृह
(prekṣāgŕh)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Hungarian:
előadóterem
— large room for public meetings or performances
Hungarian:
auditórium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Hungarian:
hangversenyterem
— large room for public meetings or performances
Indonesian:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Irish:
halla éisteachta
— large room for public meetings or performances
Italian:
sala
— large room for public meetings or performances
Italian:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Japanese:
講堂
(kōdō)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Kazakh:
дәрісхана
(därısxana)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Kyrgyz:
дарыскана
(darıskana)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Latin:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Malay:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Mongolian:
өрөө
(öröö)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Polish:
audytorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Portuguese:
auditório
— large room for public meetings or performances
Quechua:
rimaq pampa
— large room for public meetings or performances
Romanian:
aulă
— large room for public meetings or performances
Russian:
аудито́рия
(auditórija)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Russian:
зал
(zal)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Somali:
dhismo weyn oo
— large room for public meetings or performances
Spanish:
auditorio
— large room for public meetings or performances
Spanish:
sala
— large room for public meetings or performances
Swahili:
bwalo
— large room for public meetings or performances
Swedish:
hörsal
— large room for public meetings or performances
Swedish:
aula
— large room for public meetings or performances
Swedish:
auditorium
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tagalog:
bulwagan
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tagalog:
awditoryo
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tamil:
மன்றம்
(maṉṟam)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tamil:
அரங்கம்
(araṅkam)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tatar:
тамаша залы
(tamaşa zalı)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Tongan:
holo
— large room for public meetings or performances
Turkish:
oditoryum
— large room for public meetings or performances
Ukrainian:
аудито́рія
(audytórija)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Vietnamese:
giảng đường
— large room for public meetings or performances
Yiddish:
זאַל
(zal)
— large room for public meetings or performances
Armenian:
հանդիսասրահ
(handisasrah)
— space where the audience is located
Bulgarian:
аудитория
(auditorija)
— space where the audience is located
Catalan:
auditori
— space where the audience is located
Chinese Mandarin:
禮堂 /礼堂
(lǐtáng)
— space where the audience is located
Chinese Mandarin:
會堂 /会堂
(huìtáng)
— space where the audience is located
Czech:
hlediště
— space where the audience is located
Danish:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Dutch:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Finnish:
katsomo
— space where the audience is located
French:
salle
— space where the audience is located
French:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
French:
auditoire
— space where the audience is located
German:
Zuschauerraum
— space where the audience is located
German:
Auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Greek:
ακροατήριο
(akroatírio)
— space where the audience is located
Hindi:
प्रेक्षागृह
(prekṣāgŕh)
— space where the audience is located
Hungarian:
nézőtér
— space where the audience is located
Italian:
auditorio
— space where the audience is located
Italian:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Norwegian Bokmål:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Norwegian Nynorsk:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Polish:
widownia
— space where the audience is located
Polish:
audytorium
— space where the audience is located
Portuguese:
auditório
— space where the audience is located
Romanian:
aulă
— space where the audience is located
Russian:
зри́тельный зал
(zrítelʹnyj zal)
— space where the audience is located
Russian:
аудито́рия
(auditórija)
— space where the audience is located
Serbo-Croatian:
glèdalīšte
— space where the audience is located
Slovak:
auditorium
— space where the audience is located
Spanish:
auditorio
— space where the audience is located
Swedish:
salong
— space where the audience is located
Ukrainian:
аудито́рія
(audytórija)
— space where the audience is located