English Explanatory Dictionary

audient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Listening, paying attention.
noun
  1. A hearer; a member of an audience.
  2. A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-audient.wav

Word forms

audient audients

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.

Synonyms

attentive reckful

Related words

audibility audible audibleness audibly audience audio- audio auditor auditorily auditorium auditory inaudibility inaudible inaudibleness inaudibly nonaudible nonaudio nonauditory transaudient

Derived words

audiently
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