Definitions For Audient

Noun

AUDIENT (plural AUDIENTs) (obsolete) A hearer. (obsolete, specifically) A catechumen, , convert#noun, convert to christianity under instruction before baptism in the early christian#adjective, christian church, church.

Adjective

(not comparable) listen, listening, pay attention, paying attention. from mid 16th c. : {{synonyms, en, attentive, reckful, q2=uncommon}}

Derived terms

audiently

Related terms

{{rel4, en, audibility, audible, audibleness, audibly, audience, audio-, audio, auditor, auditorily, auditorium, auditory, inaudibility, inaudible, inaudibleness, inaudibly, nonaudible, nonaudio, nonauditory, transaudient}}

Translations

{{trans-top-also, listening, paying attention, attentive}} Esperanto: aŭskultanta, atenta

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, audientem}}, {{glossary, accusative}} {{glossary, singular}} of audiēns, , hearing, listening; attending, paying attention to (or directly from audiēns), the {{glossary, present}} {{glossary, active}} {{glossary, participle}} of audiō, , to hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to, from {{der, en, ine-pro, h₂ewis, , clearly, manifestly}} (from *h₂ew-, , to perceive, see) + *dʰeh₁-, *dʰh₁-ye/o-, to render. The noun may be borrowed from {{bor, en, LL., audiēns, , catechumen}}, from the participle audiēns.{{R:Lexico}}