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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