audience

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English audience, from Middle French audience, from Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiēns (“hearing”), from verb audiō (“to hear”). Doublet of audiencia. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.di.əns/, /ˈɔːdɪəns/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.di.əns/, [ˈɔ.ɾi.əns] (cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.di.əns/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.əns] (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.di.əns/, [ˈɒ.ɾi.əns] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoː.di.əns/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.əns] Hyphenation: au‧di‧ence === Noun === audience (plural audiences) A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.] (now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. [from 14th c.] A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program. A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. [from 16th c.] The readership of a book or other written publication. [from 19th c.] A following. [from 20th c.] (historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it. ==== Usage notes ==== In some lects, audience is used as a plurale tantum. The audience are getting restless. ==== Synonyms ==== hearership, listenership (large gathering of people watching a performance): spectators, crowd ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== audience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Audience (meeting) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French audience, borrowed from Latin audientia, from present participle audiēns (“hearing”), from verb audiō (“to hear”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.djɑ̃s/ === Noun === audience f (plural audiences) audience, viewer Synonyms: attention, entretien, séance (court) hearing ==== Derived terms ==== salle d'audience ==== Related terms ==== audimat audimètre auditeur, auditrice audition auditoire === Further reading === “audience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English audience, from Latin audientia, derived from audiēns, present active participle of audiō (“to hear, listen to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.djens/, /ˈo.djens/ Rhymes: -ɔdjens, -odjens Hyphenation: au‧dience === Noun === audience f (uncountable) audience (widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public) ==== Related terms ==== udienza === References ===