θέατρο

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, a place for viewing).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈθe.a.tɾo/
  • Hyphenation: θέ‧α‧τρο

Noun

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θέατρο (théatron (plural θέατρα)

  1. theatre (UK), theater (US)
    1. theatre building, audience
      Όλο το θέατρο χειροκρότησε δυνατά.Ólo to théatro cheirokrótise dynatá.The whole theatre applauded loudly.
      θέατρο σκιώνthéatro skiónshadow theatre
    2. dramatic art
    3. theatre of war

Declension

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compounds ending in -θέατρο

compounds with θεατρο-, θεατρ-

Also see θεατής (theatís), αθέατος (athéatos, invisible), θεατός (theatós, visible) & θέα (théa, view)

References

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  1. ^ θέατρο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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