- A large room to accommodate an audience in a building such as a school or theater.
- A large building for public meetings or performances.
[Latin audītōrium, from audīre, to hear.]
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[Latin audītōrium, from audīre, to hear.]
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That part of a theater, school, or public building which is set aside for the audience for listening and viewing.
The recital will be in the college auditorium.
An auditorium (auditoria pl.) is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. For movie theaters the number of auditoriums is also expressed as the number of screens.
The term is taken from the Greek auditorium which was a series of semi-circular seating shelves in the theatre, divided by broad 'belts', called diazomata, with eleven rows of seats between each.
The audience in a modern theatre are usually separated from the performers by the proscenium arch, although other types of stage are common.
The price charged for seats in each part of the auditorium (known colloquially as the house) usually varies according to the quality of the view of the stage. The seating areas can include some or all of the following:
In a church the auditorium is the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed.
In a monastery the auditorium is an apartment for the reception of strangers.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - auditorium, foredragssal, teatersal
Nederlands (Dutch)
concert-/gehoorzaal, aula
Français (French)
n. - auditorium, salle
Deutsch (German)
n. - Auditorium, Zuschauer-/Zuhörerraum
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αμφιθέατρο σχολής, αίθουσα συναυλιών, διαλέξεων κτλ.
Italiano (Italian)
aula magna, auditorio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - auditório (m)
Русский (Russian)
аудитория, зрительный зал
Español (Spanish)
n. - salón de actos, auditorio
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hörsal, konserthus
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
听众席, 会堂, 礼堂, 观众席
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 聽眾席, 會堂, 禮堂, 觀眾席
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 聴衆席, 観客席, 講堂, 公会堂
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قاعه الإستماع, مبنى الإجتماعات
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אולם, חלק האולם שבו יושב הקהל, אודיטוריום
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