theater

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US, countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) A lecture theatre.
4. (US, countable, uncountable) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) A cinema.
6. (US, countable, uncountable) Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
8. (US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable) A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.

Sinonieme

theatre

theatre

playhouse

stage

cinema

🎦

theater of operations

movie theater

house

🏠

dramatics

field of operations

movie house

theatre of operations

theatrical

battlefield

arena

dramatic art

drama

play-house

in a theater

in a theatre

dramaturgy

field

tale

auditorium

bioscope

dramatic

fable

histrionic

lecture room

lecture theatre

legend

onstage

restaurant

show

stadium

🏟️

acting

teahouse

movie theatre

stage play

theater of war

war area

Vertalings

théâtre

teatro

Theater

teatro

teatro

theater

teatre

θέατρο

tiyatro

Schauspielhaus

schouwburg

مسرح

مَسْرَح

theatrum

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: theater

In summary

Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr.