transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈek-sə-drə ]
noun
( plural ex·e·drae -ˌdrē, -ˌdrī)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from ex- + hedra seat — more at sit
Date: 1659
1. : a room (as in a temple or house) in ancient Greece and Rome used for conversation and formed by an open or columned recess often semicircular in shape and furnished with seats
2. : a large outdoor nearly semicircular seat with a solid back