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theater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /θiˈeɪ.tə/ (UK, obsolete)
  • (US)
  • /ˈθiətə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈθi.eɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, Southern-US)
  • /θiˈɛt.ə/ (UK, dated)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈθɪə.tə/ (UK)
  • /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ (US)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈθɪə.tɚ/ (US, sometimes)
  • /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ (Canada, Southern-US)
  • [ˈθiə̯ɾɜ] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈθiə̯tɜ] (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈθiː.ə.tə/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-der. Ancient Greek θεάομαι (theáomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron)der. Latin theātrumbor. Old French teatrebor. Middle English theater, theatre English theater Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”), from θεᾰ́ομαι (theắomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr.

Meanings

  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.
    • His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
    • Percy had been too big for the town since he got back from the war. He served in the Pacific theater, behind the lines keeping up the supply chain. 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 69:
  3. (US, countable, uncountable) A lecture theatre.
  4. (US, countable, uncountable) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
    • This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!
  5. (US, countable, uncountable) A cinema.
    • We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.
  6. (US, countable, uncountable) Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
    • I worked in theater for twenty-five years.
  7. (US, countable, uncountable) Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
  8. (US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, qualifier:often following a noun used attributively, uncountable) A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
    • ACTA proponents rely on claims of a growing piracy and counterfeiting threat. In the absence of credible evidence of the threat or that the measures in ACTA will reduce the threat, ACTA is no more than enforcement theater. 2012, Andrew Rens, “Enforcement Theater: The Enforcement Agenda and the Institutionalization of Enforcement Theater in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement”, in Suffolk Transnational Law Review, volume 35:
    • security theater; hygiene theater
    • The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
theatre alternative lexicographic
theaters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

theaterette · microtheater · intertheater · moving-picture theater (Compound words and expressions) · theatric · theater of the absurd (Compound words and expressions) · theaterland (Compound words and expressions) · theater-in-the-round (Compound words and expressions) · theaterless · theatrically · stock theater (Compound words and expressions) · minitheater · paratheater · hygiene theater (Compound words and expressions) · pretheater · dinner theater (Compound words and expressions) · theaterwide · movie theater (Compound words and expressions) · theater of cruelty (Compound words and expressions) · boat-in theater (Compound words and expressions) · nontheater · atmospheric theater (Compound words and expressions) · senior theater (Compound words and expressions) · theater of the mind (Compound words and expressions) · kabuki theater (Compound words and expressions) · cybertheater · theatergoer (Compound words and expressions) · theatremaker (Compound words and expressions) · theatermaker (Compound words and expressions) · home theater (Compound words and expressions) · shout fire in a crowded theater (Compound words and expressions) · guerrilla theater (Compound words and expressions) · legitimate theater (Compound words and expressions) · antitheater · security theater (Compound words and expressions) · variety theater (Compound words and expressions) · theaterlike · theater of war (Compound words and expressions) · street theater (Compound words and expressions) · dubbing theater (Compound words and expressions) · theater in the round (Compound words and expressions) · theater of panic (Compound words and expressions) · theater of fact (Compound words and expressions) · theater of protest (Compound words and expressions) · posttheater · theatral · multitheater · shouting fire in a crowded theater (Compound words and expressions) · theatrical · theatergoing (Compound words and expressions) · theater of the streets (Compound words and expressions) · theater kid (Compound words and expressions) · illegitimate theater (Compound words and expressions) · musical theater (Compound words and expressions) · theatercore

Descendants

ቲያትር

Relateds

amphitheater

Synonyms

playhouse · fabulous invalid

Translations (199)

lo ລະຄອນ (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · fi teatteri (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ca amfiteatre (lecture theatre) · cmn 劇場 /剧场 (place or building) · ja 戦域 (region) · ug تىياتىر (place or building) · be тэа́тар (place or building) · hsb dźiwadło (place or building) · lo ໂຮງລະຄອນ (place or building) · ru теа́тр (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · mk теа́тар (place or building) · ko 전역 (region) · tt театр (place or building) · ca teatre (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · gd taigh-cluiche (place or building) · af teater (place or building) · sv teater (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · bg амфитеатра́лна аудито́рия (lecture theatre) · la theātrum (place or building) · bn থিয়েটার (place or building) · es teatro (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · as থিয়েটাৰ (place or building) · is leikhús (place or building) · da teater (place or building) · am ቴያትር (place or building) · fa-ira تِئاتَر (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ro amfiteatru (lecture theatre) · fa-ira تِئاتَر (place or building) · tl dulaan (place or building) · lad טיאטרו (place or building) · si නාට්ය කලාව (place or building) · fr théâtre (place or building) · ar مَسْرَح (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ml തിയേറ്റർ (place or building) · nl theater (place or building) · hi थिएटर (place or building) · li teater (place or building) · ps تياتر (place or building) · ja 劇場 (place or building) · cs divadlo (place or building) · es zona (region) · uz teatr (place or building) · sl gledališče (place or building) · az tiyatro (place or building) · ca teatre (place or building) · it teatro (place or building) · sh teátar (place or building) · lt teatras (place or building) · ro teatru (place or building) · sh ка̀залӣште (place or building) · csb téater (place or building) · mg sehatra (place or building) · mn театр (place or building) · txb rānk (place or building) · scn teatru (place or building) · ca teatre (region) · kn ರಂಗಮಂಟಪ (place or building) · te నాటకరంగం (place or building) · arz مسرح (place or building) · az teatr (place or building) · wa teyåte (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · sw thiata (place or building) · ota تیاترو (place or building) · grc θέατρον (place or building) · az تياترو (place or building) · te థియేటర్ (place or building) · ru теа́тр (place or building) · ast teatru (place or building) · kn ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ (place or building) · th ละคร (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · mr नाट्यमंदिर (place or building) · uk теа́тр (place or building) · ky театр (place or building) · ro teatru (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · bg теа́тър (place or building) · arz تياترو (place or building) · szl tyjater (place or building) · bn মঞ্চনাটক (place or building) · ja シアター (place or building) · de Theatergebäude (place or building) · vo teat (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ta அரங்கம் (place or building) · tg театр (place or building) · za heiqciengz (place or building) · vi rạp hát (place or building) · lv teātris (place or building) · ko 극장 (place or building) · cmn 戰區 /战区 (region) · eu antzerkia (place or building) · hy թատրոն (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · bg аре́на (region) · tl teatro (place or building) · cy theatr (place or building) · ang pleġhūs (place or building) · ht teyat (place or building) · id palagan (region) · pl teatr (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · nn teater (place or building) · sh теа́тар (place or building) · ar مَسْرَح (place or building) · tr tiyatro (place or building) · sk divadlo (place or building) · mr नाट्यगृह (place or building) · bg теа́тър (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · sv teater (place or building) · kn ರಂಗಮಂಟಪ (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · de Theaterhaus (place or building) · de Theater (place or building) · za yienh (place or building) · kk театр (place or building) · ta அரங்கு (place or building) · lt vaidykla (place or building) · kn ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · th โรงละคร (place or building) · ast teatru (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ka თეატრი (place or building) · sw ukumbi (place or building) · fr théâtre (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ko 전구 (region) · gd talla-cluiche (place or building) · hy թատրոն (place or building) · vi nhà hát (place or building) · hi प्रेक्षागृह (place or building) · de Schauspielhaus (place or building) · sh позориште (place or building) · kl isiginnaartitsisarfik (place or building) · ug تىياتىرخانا (place or building) · ps نندارځى (place or building) · mn ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (place or building) · kmr tiyatro (place or building) · fi rintama (region) · el θέατρο (place or building) · ga amharclann (place or building) · yue 劇場 /剧场 (place or building) · fi ilmaisutaito (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ur تِھیئَٹَر (place or building) · nrf théyâte (place or building) · hi रंगमंच (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · mi whare purei (place or building) · sh pozorište (place or building) · ur تھیٹَر (place or building) · az tiyatır (place or building) · fo sjónleikarhús (place or building) · ms teater (place or building) · lad teatro (place or building) · pl teatr (place or building) · nl theater (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · nrf théatre (place or building) · dsb źiwadło (place or building) · nb teater (place or building) · xal җөҗг (place or building) · nan-hbl 劇院 /剧院 (place or building) · or ଥିଏଟର (place or building) · my ဇာတ်ရုံ (place or building) · yue 劇院 /剧院 (place or building) · be тэа́тр (place or building) · ist taiatro (place or building) · rue теа́тр (place or building) · yi טעאַטער (place or building) · fi luentosali (lecture theatre) · cs divadlo (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · nrf thiâtre (place or building) · mi whare tapere (place or building) · hu színház (place or building) · hi रंगमंच (place or building) · sh kàzalīšte (place or building) · he תֵּאַטְרוֹן (place or building) · es teatro (place or building) · sq teatër (place or building) · wa teyåte (place or building) · eo teatrejo (place or building) · hu színház (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · pt teatro (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · ur تِھئیٹَر (place or building) · gmw-ecg Dhejador (place or building) · co teatru (place or building) · alt театр (place or building) · az تياتر (place or building) · mt teatru (place or building) · fa-ira تِئاتْر (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · cmn 劇院 /剧院 (place or building) · et teater (place or building) · ba театр (place or building) · io teatro (drama or performance as a profession or artform) · eo teatro (place or building) · ur تِھیَٹَر (place or building) · pt teatro (place or building) · el αμφιθέατρο (lecture theatre) · my ကပွဲရုံ (place or building) · ml രംഗകല (place or building) · ti ትያትር (place or building) · nan-hbl 劇場 /剧场 (place or building) · bo ཟློས་གར (place or building) · fi teatteri (place or building) · fa-ira تِئاتْر (place or building) · tk teatr (place or building) · vo teatöp (place or building) · km រោងល្ខោន (place or building) · id teater (place or building)