drama
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑːmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑmə/
Audio (US): (file) - (Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈdɹæmə/
- (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪmə/[1]
- Hyphenation: dra‧ma
- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
Noun
[edit]drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)
- (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
- The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
- (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
- (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
- (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
- After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
- 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com[2], CNN, retrieved 2018-07-08:
- Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.
- (slang, uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:drama
Derived terms
[edit]- bonnet drama
- C-drama
- closet drama
- comedy drama
- costume drama
- crunchy-gravel drama
- daytime drama
- docudrama
- drama documentary
- drama king
- drama llama
- drama queen
- drama queenish
- drama queenism
- drama therapy
- dramatic
- dramatical
- dramatically
- dramaticity
- dramatics
- dramatism
- dramatist
- dramatization
- dramatize
- dramystery
- e-drama
- high drama
- J-drama
- Karpman drama triangle
- K-drama
- legitimate drama
- melodrama
- period drama
- save the drama for your mama
- tank drama
- teen drama
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)
- Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)
- → Cebuano: drama
- → Hindustani:
- → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
- → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
- → Malay: drama
- → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā)
Translations
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References
[edit]- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɾa.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɾa.ma]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: dra‧ma
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).
Noun
[edit]drama m (plural drames)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “drama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “a drachma”).
Noun
[edit]drama f (plural drames)
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: dra‧ma
Noun
[edit]drama
- a theatrical play; a skit
- a radio drama
- a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy
- an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive
- (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance
Verb
[edit]drama
- to be emotional or sentimental
- to put on an act
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama n
- drama (composition intended for actors)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “drama”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “drama”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: drama
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama n (genitive singular drama, no plural)
Declension
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama (plural drama-drama, first-person possessive dramaku, second-person possessive dramamu, third-person possessive dramanya)
- drama:
- (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
- Synonym: tragedi
Affixed terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “drama” 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.
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)
- Cois Fharraige form of dráma
Declension
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
drama | dhrama | ndrama |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdraː.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdra.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]
Noun
[edit]drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | drāma | drāmata |
Genitive | drāmatis | drāmatum |
Dative | drāmatī | drāmatibus |
Accusative | drāma | drāmata |
Ablative | drāmate | drāmatibus |
Vocative | drāma | drāmata |
Descendants
[edit]- → Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma)
- → Catalan: drama
- → Czech: drama
- → Dutch: drama
- → Indonesian: drama
- → English: drama
- → Finnish: draama
- → French: drame
- → German: Drama
- → Hungarian: dráma
- → Icelandic: drama
- → Irish: dráma
- → Macedonian: драма (drama)
- → Norwegian: drama
- → Polish: dramat
- → Portuguese: drama
- → Romanian: dramă
- → Russian: дра́ма (dráma)
- → Serbo-Croatian: дра̏ма / drȁma
- → Spanish: drama
- → Swedish: drama
- → Ukrainian: дра́ма (dráma)
- → Welsh: drama
- → Yiddish: דראַמע (drame) (through some Romance language)
References
[edit]- “drama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- drama 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)
- drama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “drama”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- drama in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama f
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).
Noun
[edit]drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene)
- a drama
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)
- (countable or uncountable) a drama
Inflection
[edit]Historical inflection of drama
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420.
Noun
[edit]drama f (plural dramas)
- drachma
- 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:
- filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.
- take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all
Further reading
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “drama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).[1] First attested in 1728.[2] Doublet of dramat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama f
- (drama) drama (composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue)
- Synonym: dramat
- (literary, theater) drama (type of play)
- Synonym: dramat
- (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)
- (colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “drama”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019) “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
[edit]- drama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- drama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 550
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
- Hyphenation: dra‧ma
Noun
[edit]drama m (plural dramas)
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)
- Alternative form of dràm
Noun
[edit]drama
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama m (plural dramas)
- drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
- drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)
- Synonym: tragedia
- drama (theatre studies)
- Synonym: teatro
- play (work of theatre)
- Synonym: obra
- big deal, fuss, scene
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- drama de sátiros
- dramón
- eurodrama
- hacer un drama
- reina del drama (“drama queen”)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “drama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drama (n class, plural drama)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]drama n
- a drama
Declension
[edit]Declension of drama | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | drama | dramat | dramer | dramerna |
Genitive | dramas | dramats | dramers | dramernas |
Derived terms
[edit]- blodsdrama
- dramadokumentär
- dramakomedi
- dramalinje
- dramapedagog
- dramaserie
- dramaterapi
- dramathriller
- familjedrama
- gangsterdrama
- gisslandrama
- idédrama
- kammardrama
- kapardrama
- karaktärsdrama
- kidnappningsdrama
- knivdrama
- kostymdrama
- krigsdrama
- kriminaldrama
- kärleksdrama
- läsdrama
- melodrama
- morddrama
- musikdrama
- nutidsdrama
- passionsdrama
- problemdrama
- psykodrama
- relationsdrama
- samtidsdrama
- skoldrama
- skottdrama
- svartsjukedrama
- thrillerdrama
- triangeldrama
- vardagsdrama
- versdrama
- ödesdrama
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- drama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- drama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- drama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾaː.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: dra‧ma
Noun
[edit]drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ)
- drama; stage play
- Synonym: dula
- theatrics; histrionics
- Synonym: kaartehan
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Veps
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).
Noun
[edit]drama
- drama (theatre)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of drama (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | drama | ||
genitive sing. | draman | ||
partitive sing. | dramad | ||
partitive plur. | dramoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | drama | dramad | |
accusative | draman | dramad | |
genitive | draman | dramoiden | |
partitive | dramad | dramoid | |
essive-instructive | draman | dramoin | |
translative | dramaks | dramoikš | |
inessive | dramas | dramoiš | |
elative | dramaspäi | dramoišpäi | |
illative | dramaha | dramoihe | |
adessive | dramal | dramoil | |
ablative | dramalpäi | dramoilpäi | |
allative | dramale | dramoile | |
abessive | dramata | dramoita | |
comitative | dramanke | dramoidenke | |
prolative | dramadme | dramoidme | |
approximative I | dramanno | dramoidenno | |
approximative II | dramannoks | dramoidennoks | |
egressive | dramannopäi | dramoidennopäi | |
terminative I | dramahasai | dramoihesai | |
terminative II | dramalesai | dramoilesai | |
terminative III | dramassai | — | |
additive I | dramahapäi | dramoihepäi | |
additive II | dramalepäi | dramoilepäi |
References
[edit]- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “драма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrama/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdra(ː)ma/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]drama f (plural dramâu)
Mutation
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- en:Drama
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ama
- Rhymes:Catalan/ama/2 syllables
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns ending in -a
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan obsolete forms
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano derogatory terms
- Cebuano verbs
- Czech terms borrowed from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- Czech ma-stem neuter nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Late Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːmaː
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːma
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːma/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Late Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Cois Fharraige Irish
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the third declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- la:Drama
- la:Theater
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese doublets
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk countable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas
- Old Galician-Portuguese nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese feminine nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with quotations
- Polish terms borrowed from French
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish doublets
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ama
- Rhymes:Polish/ama/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Drama
- Polish literary terms
- pl:Theater
- pl:Education
- Polish colloquialisms
- pl:Literary genres
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐmɐ
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms
- Scottish Gaelic noun forms
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ama
- Rhymes:Spanish/ama/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Genres
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- sw:Genres
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ama
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ama/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Veps terms borrowed from Russian
- Veps terms derived from Russian
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Veps sana-type nominals
- Welsh terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Late Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh terms with audio links
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns