audient

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin audientem, accusative singular of audiēns (“hearing, listening; attending, paying attention to”) (or directly from audiēns), the present active participle of audiō (“to hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”)) + *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”). The noun may be borrowed from Late Latin audiēns (“catechumen”), from the participle audiēns. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/ Hyphenation: au‧di‧ent === Adjective === audient (not comparable) Listening, paying attention. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: attentive, (uncommon) reckful ==== Derived terms ==== audiently ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === audient (plural audients) (uncommon) A hearer; a member of an audience. (obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church. === References === “audient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === auntied, edutain == Latin == === Verb === audient third-person plural future active indicative of audiō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin audiens. === Noun === audient m (plural audienți, feminine equivalent audientă) attendee ==== Declension ====