Standard Lemma guide

auditorium

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
Real reading context

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