aula

From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλά (aulá), the form of αὐλή (aulḗ, “forecourt”) in dialects other than Ionic and Attic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlə/

aula (plural aulas or aulae or aulæ)

1. (rare) A court or hall.
   • 2014, Peter Guy, As Mirrors Are Lonely, page 115:

     [I]n a healthy environment, young Mahoney might have taken the risk, both with University and, in part, with entering the Aula for the jibs dance.

2. (anatomy, obsolete) The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles.

• ALUA

Borrowed from Latin aula.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaw.la]

aula f (plural aules)

1. classroom

   Synonym: classe

• “aula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “aula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.laː/

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• Hyphenation: au‧la

aula f (plural aula's, diminutive aulaatje n)

1. the auditorium or main hall of a school or university

• → Indonesian: aula

From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): au‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): au‧la

aula

1. lobby (spacious reception area, especially in a public building)

   Odotan sinua hotellini aulassa.

   I'm waiting for you in the lobby of my hotel.

• eteinen
• halli
• odotushuone

• “aula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒulɒ]
• Hyphenation: au‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

aula

1. hall, auditorium (a large room at a university for ceremonial gatherings and meetings)
2. (historical) court (the environment around a ruler or high priest)
3. an institution connected to such premises, or the people belonging to it

• aula in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• aula in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

aula

1. indefinite accusative singular of auli
2. indefinite dative singular of auli
3. indefinite genitive singular of auli
4. indefinite accusative plural of auli
5. indefinite genitive plural of auli

From Dutch aula, from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯la/ [ˈau̯.la]
• Rhymes: -au̯la
• Syllabification: au‧la

aula (plural aula-aula)

1. auditorium

   Synonym: auditorium

2. hall, meeting room

   Near-synonym: balai

• “aula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian аул (aul).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ulɑ/, [ˈɑ.uɫ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ulɑ/, [ˈɑ.uɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.ul, -ɑ.ulɑ
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧la

aula

1. aul
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:

     Aula näyttiis allalt samanlaisenna harmaan keltaisenna kiviraunionna, niku i ympäröivät kivimäet.

     An aul appeared from below as the same yellow-grey ruin, as the surrounding stone mountains.

Declension of aula (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aula	aulat
genitive	aulan	auloin
partitive	aulaa	auloja
illative	aulaa	auloi
inessive	aulaas	aulois
elative	aulast	auloist
allative	aulalle	auloille
adessive	aulaal	auloil
ablative	aulalt	auloilt
translative	aulaks	auloiks
essive	aulanna, aulaan	auloinna, auloin
exessive1)	aulant	auloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.la/

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• Rhymes: -awla
• Hyphenation: àu‧la

aula f (plural aule)

1. room, hall
2. classroom
3. courtroom

From Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.la]

aula f (genitive aulae); first declension

1. court, forecourt of a house
2. royal court
3. (poetic) power of a prince
4. palace
5. (Medieval Latin) hall, large room, dining room
6. (Medieval Latin) church building, nave
7. (Medieval Latin) law court, hall of justice, guildhall
8. (Medieval Latin) hall, manor house, demesne
9. (Medieval Latin) hall of residence or college
10. (Medieval Latin) curtain or hangings

First-declension noun.

• aulicus

aula f (genitive aulae); first declension

1. alternative form of ōlla (“pot, cooking pot”)

• “aula¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "aula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 aula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “191/2”
• aula, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “aula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “aula¹” on page 215/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “aula”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 72/2

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈæʉ.lɑ]

aula

1. great court, great hall

Borrowed from German Aula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.la/

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• Rhymes: -awla
• Syllabification: au‧la

aula f

1. lecture hall (room for lectures)
2. (Christianity) discussion room in a church or basilica

• aula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Learned borrowing from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -awlɐ
• Hyphenation: au‧la

aula f (plural aulas)

1. lecture, lesson; class, auditorium

   Synonym: lição

• Aula
• aula magna

aula

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of aulir

Borrowed from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaula/ [ˈau̯.la]
• Rhymes: -aula
• Syllabification: au‧la

aula f (plural aulas)

1. classroom

   No puedes irte del aula sin pedir permiso.

   You can't leave the classroom without asking for permission.

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like aula, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el aula. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al aula, del aula.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un aula or una aula. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor aula, una buena aula.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el aula única, un(a) aula buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• “aula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”). First attested in 1846.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯la/

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aula c

1. an auditorium (usually in a school)

   Synonym: hörsal

   • 1859, Viktor Rydberg, Den siste athenaren, page 37:

     En anblick af lugnt, antikt behag skulle det varit, om någon vid inträdet i arkontens aula, i ramen af pelare, marmorbilder och blomsterfyllda vaser sett en grupp, bildad af honom och henne: […]

     A scene of tranquil, antique charm it would have been, if someone upon entering the archon's auditorium, within the framework of columns, marble images, and flower-filled vases, had beheld a group, formed by him and her: […]

   • 2016 May 20, “Wisbygymnasiets nya aula invigd [Wisby Gymnasium's new auditorium inaugurated]”, in P4 Gotland:

     Aulan är lika stor som tidigare men det har skett en totalrenovering från grunden ut till stolar och övriga ytskikt. Allt är nytt och det märks också på dofterna i lokalen.
     - Vi har varit utan aula i två år nu och det är jättesvårt när man är en så stor skola som vi är, säger Charlotte Lilja innan hon går upp på scenen.

     The auditorium is the same size as before, but there has been a complete renovation from the ground up to chairs and other surfaces. Everything is new, and it's evident in the scents within the venue.
     - We have been without an auditorium for two years now and it is very challenging when you are as large a school as we are, says Charlotte Lilja before she goes on stage.