Standard Lemma guide

listenership

noun · 2 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪsənəʃɪp/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪsnəʃɪp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈlɪsənɚʃɪp/
  • General-American: /ˈlɪsnɚʃɪp/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio), an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hearership

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of paying attention to a conversation or speech; listening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From listener + -ship (suffix denoting a property or state of being).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: слуша́емост (slušáemost) — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Cebuano: tigpaminaw — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聽眾 /听众 (tīngzhòng) — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聽衆 /听众 (tīngzhòng) — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Finnish: kuulijakunta — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • French: audience — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Georgian: მსმენელები (msmenelebi) — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Greek: ακροαματικότητα (akroamatikótita) — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Māori: hunga whakarongo — audience that listens to an audio broadcast
  • Swedish: åhörare — audience that listens to an audio broadcast