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Definitions and meaning of drama

drama

Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑːmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑmə/
• (Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæmə/
• (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪmə/
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Noun

drama (plural dramas or dramata)

2. (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

4. (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
6. (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
8. (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
10. (slang) (uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drama

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)
  • Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)
• → Cebuano: drama
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)

  Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā)

• → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
• → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
• → Malay: drama
• → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Madar, damar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɾa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈdɾa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Noun

drama m (plural drames)

1. drama (theatrical and media genre)
2. drama (theatrical plays in general)
3. drama (difficult situation)

Related terms

References

• “drama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “a drachma”).

Noun

drama f (plural drames)

1. Obsolete spelling of dracma

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama

1. a theatrical play; a skit
2. a radio drama
3. a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy.
4. an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive
5. (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance

Verb

drama

1. to be emotional or sentimental
2. to put on an act

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrama]
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama n

1. drama (composition intended for actors)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• drama in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• drama in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.maː/
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma
• Rhymes: -aːmaː

Noun

drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)

1. drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting).
2. Something tragic, a tragedy.

Derived terms

• docudrama
• dramaserie
• dramaticus
• dramatiek
• dramatisch
• gezinsdrama

Related terms

• dramaturg

Descendants

• → Indonesian: drama

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtraːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

Noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, no plural)

1. drama

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrama]
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama (plural drama-drama, first-person possessive dramaku, second-person possessive dramamu, third-person possessive dramanya)

1. drama:
   1. a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
   2. theatrical plays in general.

      Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil

2. (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

   Synonym: tragedi

Affixed terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “drama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠamˠə/

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

1. Cois Fharraige form of dráma

Declension

Mutation

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]

Noun

drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension

1. drama, play

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

• → Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma)
• → Catalan: drama
• → Czech: drama
• → Dutch: drama
  • → Indonesian: drama
• → English: drama
  • → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)
    • Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)
  • → Cebuano: drama
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)

    Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā)

  • → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
  • → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
  • → Malay: drama
  • → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā)
• → Finnish: draama
• → French: drame
• → German: Drama
• → Hungarian: dráma
• → Icelandic: drama
• → Irish: dráma
• → Macedonian: драма (drama)
• → Norwegian: drama
• → Polish: dramat
• → Portuguese: drama
• → Romanian: dramă
• → Russian: дра́ма (dráma)
• → Serbo-Croatian: дра̏ма / drȁma
• → Spanish: drama
• → Swedish: drama
• → Ukrainian: дра́ма (dráma)
• → Welsh: drama
• → Yiddish: דראַמע (drame) (through some Romance language)

References

• “drama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• drama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• drama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “drama”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• drama in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Etymology

Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.ma/

Noun

drama f

1. dramatic art

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene)

1. a drama

Derived terms

• gisseldrama
• melodrama

Related terms

• dramatikk

References

• “drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑːmɑ/

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)

1. (countable or uncountable) a drama

Inflection

Derived terms

• gisseldrama
• melodrama

Related terms

• dramatikk

References

• “drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420..

Noun

drama f (plural dramas)

1. drachma

Further reading

• “drama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). First attested in 1728. Doublet of dramat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dra‧ma
• Homophone: Drama

Noun

drama f

1. (drama) drama (composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue)

   Synonym: dramat

2. (literary, theater) drama (type of play)

   Synonym: dramat

3. (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)
4. (colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)

Declension

References

Further reading

• drama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• drama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[5]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 550

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

1. drama (composition)
2. drama (theatrical play)
3. drama (dramatic situation)

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾamə/

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

1. Alternative form of dràm

Noun

drama

1. genitive singular of dràm

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drâma/
• Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)

1. drama

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

1. drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
2. drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)

   Synonym: tragedia

3. drama (theatre studies)

   Synonym: teatro

4. play (work of theatre)

   Synonym: obra

5. big deal, fuss, scene

   Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “drama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama.

Pronunciation

Noun

drama (n class, plural drama)

1. drama

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n

1. a drama

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• dramatiker
• dramatisk
• dramaturg
• dramaturgi

References

• drama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• drama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• drama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ramad

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish drama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾama/, [ˈdɾa.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dra‧ma

Noun

drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ)

1. drama; stage play

   Synonym: dula

2. theatrics; histrionics

   Synonym: kaartehan

Derived terms

Related terms

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).

Noun

drama

1. drama (theatre)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “драма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdrama/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdra(ː)ma/

Noun

drama f (plural dramâu)

1. drama, play

Mutation

Source: wiktionary.org