platea

Meaning

1. (feminine) stall/orchestra seat (a seat in a theatre/theater close to the stage)
2. (broadly, feminine) audience

Concepts

pit

stall

floor

foundation

audience

orchestra

parterre

house

🏠

auditorium

Synonyms

pubblico

orchestra

teatro

uditorio

audience

spettatori

ascoltatori

spettatore

Translations

platea

parterre

audiencia

public

orquestra

audiència

públic

جوقة

Strömungsabriß

Orchester

ορχήστρα

κοινό

audience

auditorium

auditori

Hyphenated as

pla‧tè‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plaˈtɛ.a/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “street”). Doublet of piazza.