theater
Middle English
/ˈtɛːatər/
noun
Definitions
- A theatre open to the sky; an amphitheatre.
- Any stage which plays and performances take place at.
- (rare) A whorehouse.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- antitheater English
- antitheatre English
- intertheater English
- metatheatre English
- minitheater English
- multitheater English
- multitheatre English
- nontheater English
- paratheater English
- posttheater English
- pretheater English
- pretheatre English
- theater English
- theater-goer English
- theaterette English
- theatergoer English
- theaterland English
- theaterless English
- theaterwide English
- theatre English
- theatre-goer English
- theatregoer English
- theatregoing English
- theatreland English
- theatreless English
- theatremaker English
- theatremaking English
- theatreperson English
- theatrette English
- theatrewide English
- theatromania English
- theatrophobia English
- theatrum Latin
- theātrum Latin
- theater Dutch, Flemish
- théâtre French
- θέατρον Ancient Greek
- θεάομαι Ancient Greek
- teatr Polish
- theatre Old French
- teatro Esperanto
- teātris Latvian
- թատր Old Armenian
- théatre Norman
- teatër Albanian
- tieta Tok Pisin
- teater Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish