theater

Significat (Anglès)

  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.

Conceptes

art dramàtic

dramatúrgia

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

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