different between auditory vs auditive

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.d?t.?.?i/, /???.d?.t?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d.??t??.i/
• Rhymes: -??d?t??i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aud?t?rius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audi? (“to hear”) +? -t?rius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

auditory (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.

   Synonyms: otic, acoustic, aural, auricular

Derived terms

Related terms

• audio
• audio-
• auditorium

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin aud?t?rium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) +? -y.

Noun

auditory (plural auditories)

1. (archaic) Synonym of audience.
2. (archaic) Synonym of auditorium.

Related terms

• audition
• audio

Translations

References

• “auditory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “auditory”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

Compare French auditif.

Adjective

auditive (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
   • 2000, Torleiv Høien, Per Sundberg, Dyslexia: From Theory to Intervention (page 13)

     Auditive dyslexia is characterized by great difficulties with the sounds of spoken language.

French

Adjective

auditive

1. feminine singular of auditif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

auditive

1. inflection of auditiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

auditive f pl

1. feminine plural of auditivo