dramaturge
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
- (rare) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.
Etymology
Borrowed from French dramaturge borrowed from German Dramaturg.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Dramaturg
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dramaturg German
- dramaturg Hungarian
- dramaturg Dutch, Flemish
- dramaturge French
- dramaturgie French
- драмату́рг Russian
- δραματουργός Ancient Greek