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audience

audience, hearing

noun oh-dee-AHNS Less Common

Origin: Latin audientia (act of hearing)

Also means

viewer ratings

Usage Note

audience in French can mean a legal or official hearing (une audience au tribunal) or a media audience/ratings (l'audience de l'émission). It is a false friend: the English 'audience' (spectators) is better rendered as le public or les spectateurs. The plural audiences is used for TV ratings data.

Examples

"L'émission a battu un record d'audience."

Natural Translation

The show broke a ratings record.

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