Word part · Latin root
The Latin root aud
Means: hear.
At a glance
- Part
- aud
- Meaning
- hear
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- audi, audit
Every word has listening in it: an audience listens, an audition is a chance to be heard.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- aud (root or base)+ible (suffix)→audible
loud enough to be heard
- in (prefix)+aud (root or base)+ible (suffix)→inaudible
too quiet to be heard
- audi (root or base)+ence (suffix)→audience
a group of people who listen or watch
- audit (root or base)+ion (suffix)→audition
a try-out where someone performs to be heard and chosen
- audi (root or base)+ence (suffix)+s (suffix)→audiences
more than one audience
- audit (root or base)+ion (suffix)+s (suffix)→auditions
more than one audition
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