tragedian

English

Etymology

From Middle English tragedyen, from Old French tragediane (French tragédien), equivalent to tragedy +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɹəˈd͡ʒidiən/

Noun

tragedian (plural tragedians)

1. An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 261:

     Euen thoſe you were wont to take such delight in the Tragedians of the City.

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LXVI, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     And as for the separation scene from the child, while Becky was reciting it, Emmy retired altogether behind her pocket-handkerchief, so that the consummate little tragedian must have been charmed to see the effect which her performance produced on her audience.

2. A playwright who writes tragedies.

Synonyms

• tragedist

Coordinate terms

• comedian

Related terms

• tragedienne

Translations

actor who specializes in tragic roles

• Bulgarian: трагически актьор m (tragičeski aktjor)
• Finnish: traagikko
• French: tragédien (fr) m, tragédienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ტრაგიკოსი (ṭragiḳosi)
• German: Tragöde (de) m, Tragödin (de) f
• Greek: τραγωδός (el) m or f (tragodós)

  Ancient: τραγῳδός m (tragōidós)

• Irish: aisteoir traigéide m
• Italian: tragediografo (it) m, tragedo m
• Norman: tragédgien m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: tràgičār (sh) m

  Roman: тра̀гича̄р m

playwright who writes tragedies

• Greek:

  Ancient: τραγῳδιογράφος m (tragōidiográphos)

• Spanish: tragediógrafo m

Anagrams

• argandite

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traɡeˈdian/

Adjective

tragedian

1. accusative singular of tragedia

Finnish

Noun

tragedian

1. genitive singular of tragedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tragédien.

Noun

tragedian m (plural tragedieni, feminine equivalent tragediană)

1. tragedian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tragedian	tragedianul		tragedieni	tragedienii
genitive-dative	tragedian	tragedianului		tragedieni	tragedienilor
vocative	tragedianule			tragedienilor