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lecture theatre

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor, used to hold lectures.

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَالَة مُحَاضَرَات (ṣālat muḥāḍarāt) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Azerbaijani: auditoriya — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Belarusian: аўдыто́рыя (awdytóryja) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Bulgarian: аудито́рия (auditórija) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 階梯教室 /阶梯教室 (jiētī jiàoshì) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講堂 /讲堂 (jiǎngtáng) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演講廳 /演讲厅 (yǎnjiǎngtīng) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮堂 /礼堂 (lǐtáng) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Czech: posluchárna — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Czech: auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Danish: aula — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Danish: auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Dutch: collegezaal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Finnish: auditorio — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Finnish: luentosali — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • French: amphithéâtre — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • French: amphi — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • French: auditoire — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Georgian: აუდიტორია (audiṭoria) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • German: Hörsaal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • German: Vorlesungssaal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • German: Auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Hungarian: előadóterem — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Italian: aula — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Japanese: 講堂 (kōdō) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Kazakh: аудитория (auditoriä) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Korean: 강당 (gangdang) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Kyrgyz: аудитория (auditoriya) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Latin: auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Latin: exedra — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Macedonian: аудиториум (auditorium) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Macedonian: амфитеатар (amfiteatar) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forelesningssal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forelesningssal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Polish: aula — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Polish: audytorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Russian: аудито́рия (auditórija) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Spanish: auditorio — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Spanish: salón de actos — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Spanish: anfiteatro — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Swedish: hörsal — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Swedish: auditorium — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Ukrainian: аудито́рія (audytórija) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Ukrainian: авдито́рія (avdytórija) — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor
  • Uzbek: auditoriya — room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor