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Auditorium Pronunciation
Auditorium is pronounced aw-duh-TAW-ree-uhm, IPA /ˌɔdəˈtɔriəm/.
aw-duh-TAW-ree-uhm
US /ˌɔdəˈtɔriəm/ · UK /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/
Syllables: aw · duh · TAW · ree · uhm (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: The part of a theatre or hall where the audience sits.
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Auditorium in a Sentence
- The auditorium seats nine hundred.
- Lights came up slowly across the auditorium.
- They rebuilt the auditorium after the fire.
Common Mispronunciations of Auditorium
Not AW-di-taw-ree-uhm
Stadium and gymnasium drag the beat onto the syllable before their ium, and this word obeys the same rule.
Not aw-duh-TAW-ryum
Aquarium keeps its ree and its uhm as separate beats, and so does this word: five in all.
Tip: The plural is auditoriums or auditoria, and neither one shifts the beat.
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