theatre
English
noun
Definitions
- (mostly) (alternative spelling of) theater
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English theater derived from Old French theatre derived from Latin theatrum derived from Ancient Greek θέατρον (a place for viewing).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θέατρον
Gloss
a place for viewing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitheatre English
- goer English
- going English
- land English
- maker English
- making English
- metatheatre English
- multitheatre English
- person English
- pretheatre English
- theater English
- theater-goer English
- theatre-goer English
- theatregoer English
- theatregoing English
- theatreland English
- theatreless English
- theatrelessness English
- theatremaker English
- theatremaking English
- theatreperson English
- theatrette English
- theatrewide English
- theatromania English
- theatrophobia English
- theatrum Latin
- theātrum Latin
- Theater German
- theater Dutch, Flemish
- radiothéâtre French
- théâtral French
- théâtre French
- théâtreux French
- теа́тр Russian
- театр Russian
- θέατρον Ancient Greek
- θεάομαι Ancient Greek
- teatr Polish
- theater Middle English
- theatre Old French
- teatrejo Esperanto
- teatro Esperanto
- teatru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- تئاتر Persian
- teātris Latvian
- թատր Old Armenian
- teatro Ido
- théatre Norman
- teatër Albanian
- teater Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish