theatre
/ˈθiətə/THEE-uh-tur
/ˈθiətɚ/THEE-uh-tur
Meaninga viewing place
Common meaning: a building for plays
- theata place for watching; to gaze atLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 664 · scan
- renoun ending (French spelling)
Journey through time
- Greekθέατρον; θεάομαι‘a place for watching’
- Latintheatrum
- Middle Englishtheatresource
- Englishtheatre‘a building for plays’ · today
theat also in: theatrical
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek θέατρον; θεάομαι ‘a place for watching; to gaze at’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry θέατρον, p. 664 · dictionary scan
Roots
- θέατρον; θεάομαι Greek “a place for watching; to gaze at”
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