bromear

es-verb

bromear (first-person singular present bromeo, first-person singular preterite bromeé, past participle bromeado)

bromeo (first-person present singular)
bromeé (first-person preterite singular)
bromeado (participle past)
bromear (infinitive)
bromeando (gerund)
bromeado (masculine participle past singular)
bromeada (feminine participle past singular)
bromeados (masculine participle past plural)
bromeadas (feminine participle past plural)
bromeo (first-person indicative present singular)
bromeas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
bromeás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
bromea (indicative present singular third-person)
bromeamos (first-person indicative plural present)
bromeáis (indicative plural present second-person)
bromean (indicative plural present third-person)
bromeaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bromeabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bromeaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bromeábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bromeabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bromeaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bromeé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
bromeaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bromeó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
bromeamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
bromeasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
bromearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
bromearé (first-person future indicative singular)
bromearás (future indicative second-person singular)
bromeará (future indicative singular third-person)
bromearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
bromearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
bromearán (future indicative plural third-person)
bromearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
bromearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
bromearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
bromearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
bromearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
bromearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
bromee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bromees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
bromeés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
bromee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bromeemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bromeéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bromeen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bromeara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bromearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bromeara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bromeáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bromearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bromearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bromease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
bromeases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
bromease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
bromeásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
bromeaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
bromeasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
bromeare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
bromeares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
bromeare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
bromeáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
bromeareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
bromearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
bromea (imperative informal second-person singular)
bromeá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
bromee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
bromee (imperative singular third-person)
bromeemos (first-person imperative plural)
bromead (imperative plural second-person)
bromeen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
bromeen (imperative plural third-person)
bromees (imperative negative second-person singular)
bromee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
bromee (imperative negative singular third-person)
bromeemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
bromeéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
bromeen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
bromeen (imperative negative plural third-person)
bromearme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
bromearte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
bromearle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
bromearse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
bromearnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
bromearos (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
bromearles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
bromearse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
bromearme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
bromearte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
bromearlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
bromearla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
bromearse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
bromearnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
bromearos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
bromearlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
bromearlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
bromearse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
bromeándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
bromeándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
bromeándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
bromeándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
bromeándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
bromeándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
bromeándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
bromeándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
bromeándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
bromeándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
bromeándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
bromeándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
bromeándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
bromeándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
bromeándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
bromeándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
bromeándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
bromeándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
broméame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
broméate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
broméale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
broméanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
broméales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
broméame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
broméate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
broméalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
broméala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
broméanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
broméalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
broméalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
bromeame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
bromeate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
bromeale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
bromeanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
bromeales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
bromeame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
bromeate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
bromealo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
bromeala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
bromeanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
bromealos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
bromealas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
broméeme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
broméele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
broméese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
broméenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
broméeles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
broméeme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
broméelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
broméela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
broméese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
broméenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
broméelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
broméelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
bromeémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
bromeémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
bromeémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
bromeémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
bromeémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
bromeémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
bromeémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
bromeémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
bromeémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
bromeémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
bromeémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
bromeémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
bromeadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
bromeadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
bromeadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
bromeaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
bromeadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
bromeadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
bromeadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
bromeadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
bromeadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
bromeaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
bromeadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
bromeadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
broméenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
broméenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
broméennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
broméenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
broméense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
broméenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
broméenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
broméenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
broméennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
broméenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
broméenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
broméense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

(intransitive) to joke, to kid (to do or say something for amusement)


història

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).


in character

It was difficult to stay in character, because I kept wanting to laugh.

(idiomatic, drama, roleplaying games) Acting as the character, not as oneself.


主人公

/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/


主人公

[shújíńꜜkòò]

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

この物語の主人公は蛙である。

Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.

The main character in this story is a frog.


off book

After 5 days studying the script, Jane is now off book, and can concentrate on gesture more.

"He will glibly parse a sentence ... and repeat the catechism and whole chapters of the Bible 'off book.'"

1873, Thomas Wright, Our New Masters, Strahan & Co., page 125:

"In all likelihood, the director will leave you alone throughout the rest of the production and focus attention on the guy who isn't off book yet."

1993, Doug Moston, Coming to Terms with Acting, →ISBN, page 74:

"'So if Antigone wants to be off book, I think the rest of you should be off book too.'"

2003, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, Picador,, →ISBN, page 332:

(theater) No longer needing the script to rehearse.


tanda

→ Basque: txanda

→ English: tanda

Cognate to Catalan tanda and Galician tanda, of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Latin tanta (literally “that much”) or nominalization of Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”), with contamination from either. Normally suggested to be from an instance noun Arabic ضَمْدَة (ḍamda, “bandage”) from the root ض م د (ḍ m d) being metaphorically used, however, apart from this semantic development being dubious, not only the consonants do not match but this Arabic noun is of utmost rarity.

ar-root

ض م د (ḍ m d)

el mejor momento de la tanda

(music, film, theater) performance, show, session (instance of a series of performances or a movie shows)


劇場

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (劇場):
* → Japanese: 劇場(げきじょう) (gekijō)
* → Korean: 극장(劇場) (geukjang)

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kʰɛːk̚² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/

/kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiũ²⁴/

/kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/

/kiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/

/kiaʔ⁴⁻² tĩõ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kʰɛːk̚² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/

/kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiũ²⁴/

/kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/

/kiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/

/kiaʔ⁴⁻² tĩõ⁵⁵/

theater (building where performances are given); playhouse (Classifier: 個／个)


劇場

[ɡe̞kʲiʑo̞ː]

Compound of 劇 (geki, “drama”) + 場 (jō, “place”).

theater (building where performances are given), playhouse


小品

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siːu̯³⁵ pɐn³⁵/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰin⁵⁵⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁴¹/

/siou⁵²⁻³⁵ piŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siːu̯³⁵ pɐn³⁵/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰin⁵⁵⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁵³/

/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰin⁴¹/

/siou⁵²⁻³⁵ piŋ⁵²⁻²¹/


amusing

en-adj

amusing (comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)

more amusing (comparative)
most amusing (superlative)

An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.

1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 808-809:


teaser

→ German: Teaser

(theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.


estrada

pl-noun

estrada f (diminutive estradka, related adjective estradowy)

estradka (diminutive)
estradowy (adjective)
estrada (nominative singular)
estrady (nominative plural)
estrady (genitive singular)
estrad (genitive plural)
estradzie (dative singular)
estradom (dative plural)
estradę (accusative singular)
estrady (accusative plural)
estradą (instrumental singular)
estradami (instrumental plural)
estradzie (locative singular)
estradach (locative plural)
estrado (singular vocative)
estrady (plural vocative)

(comedy, music, figurative) music and cabaret entertainment industry


carny

en-noun

carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies)

carnies (plural)
carney (alternative)
carnie (alternative)

The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.

1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 276:

Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”

2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

(uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.


storyline

storylines (plural)
story line (alternative)

From story + line. The climate science usage is defined in the IPCC WG III AR5 report (2014).

That film had a wonderful storyline, but the poor acting let it down.


nar

nl-noun

nar m or c (plural narren, diminutive narretje n)

narren (plural)
narretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nar

From Middle Dutch narre, borrowed from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown; compare German Narr.


one-night stand

en-noun

one-night stand (plural one-night stands)

Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand.

1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post:

It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain that was to engulf my life. I remember the date, August 3, 1928. We were playing a one-night stand in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry.

1948, Barré Lyndon, Jonathan Latimer (screenplay), Night Has a Thousand Eyes (motion picture), spoken by John Triton (Edward G. Robinson):

An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.


hocus-pocus

/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hocus-pocus.wav

Archbishop of Canterbury
Jesus
John Tillotson
Robert Ibbitson

The interjection and noun are derived from made-up pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (with a particular 17th-century conjurer adopting Hocus Pocus as his name) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.

nb...

That is, the Lord doth Avenge the Blood of the Innocent upon the Inhabitants of the Earth: This Book is Profitable to bee Read by All Judges of Assizes, before They Passe the Sentence of Condemnation against Poor People, who are Accused for Witchcraft; it is also Profitable for All Sorts of People to Read who Desire Knowledge.

dwelling in Simithfield neer Hosier Lane End

Containing Fifty-four Sermons and Discourses, on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith. Being All that were Published by His Grace Himself, and Now Collected into One Volume. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters.

A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.


catchword

(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.


alter ego

/ˈɔːl.təɹ iːɡəʊ/

From Latin alter ego (literally “other me”).

Captain Underpants
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger
Lois Lane
Miley Stewart
Superwoman
alter ego

(law) A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice.


flogger

From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

Schlepitchka is a texturing trick done by twirling a feather duster or flogger around gently and dabbing it on the surface of the scenery between each twirl of the tool so that the splayed pattern prints on the scenery.

2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 303:

(theater) A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.


cuneus

la-noun

cuneus m (genitive cuneī); second declension

cuneī (genitive)
cuneus (nominative singular)
cuneī (nominative plural)
cuneī (genitive singular)
cuneōrum (genitive plural)
cuneō (dative singular)
cuneīs (dative plural)
cuneum (accusative singular)
cuneōs (accusative plural)
cuneō (ablative singular)
cuneīs (ablative plural)
cunee (singular vocative)
cuneī (plural vocative)

Balkan Romance:

Aromanian: cunj, cunjiu

Romanian: cui

Italo-Romance:

Italian: conio, cogno, cugno, cugna

Neapolitan: cogno

Sicilian: cugnu

Padanian:

Emilian: cògn

Ladin: cogn

Friulian: cugn

Ligurian: cun-gno, cun-ni, cuin

Lombard: cugn, cugne, cuni ⇒ cugneul, chigneul, qignœl

Ossolano: ciugn

Piedmontese: cugn, cun-i, cuin-i

Venetan: cogn

Northern Gallo-Romance:

Franco-Provençal: couen, cugno, cugne

Old French: coin, coigne

French: coin

→ Irish: cúinne

desctree

→ Middle English: coyn, coign, coigne, coin, coygne, coyne, cune, koyne, kuyne, quyne
English: coin, quoin, coign
→ Japanese: コイン (koin)
Scots: cuinyie, cunzie

→ Scottish Gaelic: cùinn

Southern Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: cuny

Occitan: cunh, conh, cuenh

Ibero-Romance:

Galician: cuño, cruño

Portuguese: cunho

Spanish: cuño

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cunea

Ibero-Romance:

Old Galician-Portuguese: cunna, cuna

Galician: cuña

Portuguese: cunha

Spanish: cuña

Borrowings:

→ Albanian: kunj

→ English: cuneus

→ Italian: cuneo

→ Portuguese: cúneo

→ Proto-Brythonic: *kün

Middle Welsh: kyn

Welsh: cŷn

Uncertain root, apparently with the suffix -eus. Various problematic comparisons to either Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) or *ḱúH- (“spike; sting”) (compare Latin culex (“mosquito”), Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 (sūkā, “needle”), Sanskrit शूक (śūka, “spike, bristle; sting (of an insect)”), शूल (śūla, “spear; stake”) etc.) have been unfruitful; a long vowel (*cūneus) would be expected in the latter case, and the morphology of the -n-eus suffix remains opaque. One possibility is that cuneus is a borrowing from Ancient Greek γώνιος (gṓnios, “corner, angle”) via an Etruscan intermediate which could explain the devoicing, though de Vaan finds this unconvincing. Compare cunnus (“vagina”, derogatory), also of uncertain origin, as well as cutis (“skin”).


fabula

From Latin fabula (“story”). Doublet of fable.

(narratology) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.


登場

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

(opera) to enter the stage or scene; to appear in performance


MST

Mountain Standard Time
Mountain Standard Time#English


femme fatale

en-noun

femme fatale (plural femmes fatales or femme fatales)

femmes fatales (plural)
femme fatales (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale (literally “deadly woman”).

ubor

Cause everybody knows (She's a femme fatale) / The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)

1967, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Femme Fatale”, in The Velvet Underground & Nico, performed by The Velvet Underground:

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.


femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

(idiomatic, narratology) femme fatale (attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman)


femme fatale

(narratology) femme fatale (seductive and dangerous woman)


ponto

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto. Doublet of point.

(theater) an assistant who helps actors with forgotten lines


hra

herní (adjective relational)
hra (nominative singular)
hry (nominative plural)
hry (genitive singular)
her (genitive plural)
hře (dative singular)
hrám (dative plural)
hru (accusative singular)
hry (accusative plural)
hro (singular vocative)
hry (plural vocative)
hře (locative singular)
hrách (locative plural)
hrou (instrumental singular)
hrami (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech jhra, from Proto-Slavic *jьgra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ígrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ig-réh₂, from *h₂eyg-.


hra

hra (nominative singular)
hry (nominative plural)
hry (genitive singular)
hier (genitive plural)
hre (dative singular)
hrám (dative plural)
hru (accusative singular)
hry (accusative plural)
hre (locative singular)
hrách (locative plural)
hrou (instrumental singular)
hrami (instrumental plural)


spalla

it-noun

spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

(theater, comedy) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil


layar

From Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ (“sail”).


coryphée

coryphées (plural)
coryphee (alternative)

Borrowed from French coryphée, from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορῠφή (korŭphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).

der

The piece [...] contains a passage for men's voices marked "Les Travailleurs," topped by a tenor solo (in alto clef) marked "Coryphée," a term originally meaning leader of the chorus, as in a Greek tragedy. [...] [T]he aforementioned "Coryphée" line grows out of a recitative for first tenor.

1986, Ralph P. Locke, “The Rue Monsigny and Salle Taitbout: Music in the Formative Years”, in Music, Musicians and the Saint-Simonians, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, part 3 (Practice), page 86:

Two coryphées, or coryphæi, the term for the leader of a Greek chorus, were stationed in towers on either side of the stage. A device borrowed from Léon Chancerel's Mission de Jeanne d'Arc, the coryphées are present for the entire length of the drama. Like the messenger, they commented upon the action in a Manichean dialogue: one cheering on Joan of Arc, the other deriding her.

2013, Lucie Kayas, Christopher Brent Murray, “Olivier Messiaen and Portique pour une fille de France”, in Christopher Dingle, Robert Fallon, editors, Messiaen Perspectives, Farnham, Surrey, Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, →ISBN; republished volumes 1 (Sources and Influences), Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2016, →ISBN, page 52:

(Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.


sit on one's hands

en-verb

sit on one's hands (third-person singular simple present sits on one's hands, present participle sitting on one's hands, simple past and past participle sat on one's hands)

sits on one's hands (present singular third-person)
sitting on one's hands (participle present)
sat on one's hands (participle past)
sat on one's hands (past)

While Boston is a "musical town," audiences here sat on their hands a good part of the time.

(theater, informal) To fail to applaud when expected to.


Ende

de-noun

Ende n (mixed, genitive Endes, plural Enden, diminutive Endchen n)

Endes (genitive)
Enden (plural)
Endchen (diminutive neuter)
Ende (nominative singular)
Enden (definite nominative plural)
Endes (genitive singular)
Enden (definite genitive plural)
Ende (dative singular)
Enden (dative definite plural)
Ende (accusative singular)
Enden (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German ende, from Old High German enti, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.

Zunächst wollte er ruhig und ungestört aufstehen, sich anziehen und vor allem frühstücken, und dann erst das Weitere überlegen, denn, das merkte er wohl, im Bett würde er mit dem Nachdenken zu keinem vernünftigen Ende kommen.

1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter […] , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1180:

To begin with, he wanted to get up calmly and undisturbed, get dressed and, above all, have breakfast, and only then think about everything else, because, as he realized very well, in bed he would not come to a sensible conclusion with the thinking.


gridiron

en-noun

gridiron (countable and uncountable, plural gridirons)

From resembling the shape of a gridiron (a square rectilinear grid).

(theater) A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.


teatro

eo-head

teatro (accusative singular teatron, plural teatroj, accusative plural teatrojn)

teatron (accusative singular)
teatroj (plural)
teatrojn (accusative plural)

From English theatre, French théâtre, German Theater, Spanish and Italian teatro, Russian теа́тр (teátr), from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”).


teatro

From Esperanto teatro, English theatre, French théâtre, German Theater, Spanish and Italian teatro, Russian теа́тр (teátr), from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”).

(countable) theater (a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on)


teatro

Learned borrowing from Latin theātrum (“theatre; stage”), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see; to watch; to observe”).

lbor

(uncountable) theater (drama or performance as a profession or artform)

(figurative) theater (a region where a particular action takes place)

(figurative) drama (rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events)


teatro

ᜆᜒᜌᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
tiyatro (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish teatro, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron).

theater (place to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, etc.)


light bulb joke

en-noun

light bulb joke (plural light bulb jokes)

light bulb jokes (plural)
lightbulb joke (alternative)

Any joke of the form "How many X does it take to change a light bulb?" followed by a witty riposte, where X is some usually stereotypical class of people.


heroics

/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪks/

Of if we have an elderly person who is unconscious and not responding, we discuss using heroics with the family, and they often say no heroics.

1976, Ronald E. Alexander, Lawrence P. Wilkins, Medical-legal dilemmas in the care of the critically ill:

Her daughters argue that no heroics should be used to prolong her life.

1988, American College of Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine: Legal Dynamics of Medical Encounters, page 122:

No Heroics. Do not use respirators, ventilators or administer medication other than those medications necessary to prevent infection, provide comfort or alleviate pain.

1998, George Watson, Emily Watson, The Calling: A Journey on the Path of Parent Care, page 29:

(US, medicine) Emergency intervention to save a patient's life.


шутка

head

шу́тка! • (šútka!)

шу́тка! (canonical)
šútka! (romanization)

шути́ть (šutítʹ) + -ка (-ka)

af

шути́ть (šutítʹ) + -ка (-ka)


szín

színek (plural)
szín (nominative singular)
színek (nominative plural)
színt (accusative singular)
színeket (accusative plural)
színnek (dative singular)
színeknek (dative plural)
színnel (instrumental singular)
színekkel (instrumental plural)
színért (causal-final singular)
színekért (causal-final plural)
színné (singular translative)
színekké (plural translative)
színig (singular terminative)
színekig (plural terminative)
színként (essive-formal singular)
színekként (essive-formal plural)
színben (inessive singular)
színekben (inessive plural)
színen (singular superessive)
színeken (plural superessive)
színnél (adessive singular)
színeknél (adessive plural)
színbe (illative singular)
színekbe (illative plural)
színre (singular sublative)
színekre (plural sublative)
színhez (allative singular)
színekhez (allative plural)
színből (elative singular)
színekből (elative plural)
színről (delative singular)
színekről (delative plural)
színtől (ablative singular)
színektől (ablative plural)
színé (singular)
színeké (plural)
színéi (singular)
színekéi (plural)
színem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
színeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
színed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
színeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
színe (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
színei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
színünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
színeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
színetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
színeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
színük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
színeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Back-formation and ellipsis of játékszín (“theater; stage”).

ellipsis

1924, Gyula Juhász, Öreg színész (“The Old Player”, lit. “An Old Actor”), translated by Leslie A. Kery, stanza 1

His step has spring in it when on the stage. / How old is he? No one can guess his age.

Még ruganyosan jár-kel a szinen. / Hány éves, azt nem tudja senkisem.

(theater) stage, scene (structure on which a play is performed)

Holonym: felvonás

(theater) scene (a part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time; several of them constituting an act)


class clown

He was always the class clown, constantly telling jokes and attracting everyone's attention in school.

She was such a class clown, her jokes usually irritates our teacher in the class.

(idiomatic) A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre.


diegetic

/ˌdaɪəˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós).


bem

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene (“well”).

inh+

Mais um conto sobre a luta do bem contra o mal.

Yet another tale about the fight between good and evil.

(chiefly narratology) good (the ensemble of forces that conspire for good, as opposed to evil)


reported speech

If we were to change "Fred says, 'I will do the housework'" into reported speech it would become "Fred said that he would do the housework."

(grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.

ситләтелгән телмәр

a form of speech used to express what another has said


everyman

Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).

In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.


ferm

ferm (nominative singular)
fermy (nominative plural)
fermu (genitive singular)
fermów (genitive plural)
fermowi (dative singular)
fermom (dative plural)
ferm (accusative singular)
fermy (accusative plural)
fermem (instrumental singular)
fermami (instrumental plural)
fermie (locative singular)
fermach (locative plural)
fermie (singular vocative)
fermy (plural vocative)

(theater) theatrical decoration depicting landscapes or buildings


odeon

odea (plural)
odeons (plural)
odeion (alternative)
odeum (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad.

1986, John H. Humphrey, Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 3:

However, the significance of this transformation should not be overstated: it was not converted in to a church until the 6th c., and political meetings are attested in the nearby odeon, from late acclamations. Sagalassos is in fact the only eastern bouleuterion to show decay in the 5th c. Other examples are known that are generically dated to Late Antiquity: from Aizanoi and Ptolemais, both with bouleuteria-odea converted to aquatic spectacles, from Selge, where the building was converted into a church, and from Seleuceia-Lyrbe, where the building seems to have been transformed into a row of shops.

2021, Luke Lavan, Public Space in the Late Antique City, Brill, →ISBN, page 310:

Based on its small size, the excavators have suggested it may have been an odeon with a seating capacity of between 150 and 200 people; see Uziel, Lieberman, and Solomon (2019, 245–48). Odea were, initially at least, designed for small-scale concerts and recitals; but this distinction blurred over time and varied depending upon the size and resources of individual cities.

2023, Courtney J. P. Friesen, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era, Routledge, →ISBN, page 30:

An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.


odeon

Internationalism, from Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).


wic

wic (nominative singular)
wice (nominative plural)
wica (genitive singular)
wiców (genitive plural)
wicowi (dative singular)
wicom (dative plural)
wic (accusative singular)
wice (accusative plural)
wicem (instrumental singular)
wicami (instrumental plural)
wicu (locative singular)
wicach (locative plural)
wicu (singular vocative)
wice (plural vocative)
witz (alternative)

Borrowed from German Witz, derived from Middle High German witz, derived from Old High German wizzi, derived from Proto-West Germanic *witi, derived from Proto-Germanic *witją, derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

(colloquial) joke (story with a funny punchline, told to make the audience laugh)


coryphaeus

en-noun

coryphaeus (plural coryphaeuses or coryphaei)

coryphaeuses (plural)
coryphaei (plural)
coryphæus (alternative)
corypheus (alternative)
koryphaios (alternative)

/ˌkɔɹəˈfiːəs/

/ˌkɒɹɪˈfiːʌs/

Borrowed from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).

Then the coryphæus finishes the remaining part of the strophe. But when they have returned to order, Bacchus again interposes by beginning the antistrophe β', which the coryphæus ought to have done.

1830, Gottfried Hermann, Gottfried Hermann, translated by John Seager, Hermann's Elements of the Doctrine of Metres, page 165:

The chorus, that is those members of the komos who have not become specialized as actors and continue singing and dancing, are headed by a coryphaeus, who sometimes addresses them, exhorting them to action, or to begin the song or the rite, or else anticipates or summarizes their words, or represents them in conversation with the actors.

1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, “Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre”, in Christopher Holme, transl., [1972, Festia, Comedia y Tragedia], page 250:

Post-classical references to the famous ‘chorus-trainer’ Sannio indicate that his role extended to performing and thus taking the coryphaeus role. The coryphaeus was both leader and teacher, and in performance played a crucial role in setting the time that the other dancers followed.

2000, David Wiles, Greek Theatre Performance: An Introduction, page 135:

The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.


hocus pocus

Hocus pocus pilatus pas, ik wou dat het eindelijk weer zomer was.

Hocus-pocus, I wish it was finally summer again.


pay-off

At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.

A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.


échasse

Inherited from Middle French eschesse, from Old French eschace (“crutch, stilt”), from Frankish *skakkjā, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

(ornithology) One of a number of stilt birds, not always directly corresponding to English stilt


aerialist

/ˈɛəɹɪəlɪst/

[…] I chanced once, when I called during the day, to meet at the rehearsal M’lle Clarisse, the aerialist […] I looked at her carefully, and I could not divest myself of the impression that she was, in spite of her compact and strongly built little frame, much too delicate and fragile a person to go flying through the air from trapeze to trapeze.

1879 December, Edward Dusseault, “Recollections of Other Days”, in Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, volume 50, number 6, page 564:

Of the two ways of making love, adultery must seem the safer, as the aerialist engaged in it swings to an eventual stop, or else lands in marriage itself which is strung out protectively under the highwire. Whereas a man failing in marriage has nothing to break the tumble.

1959, Peter De Vries, chapter 14, in The Tents of Wickedness, Boston: Little Brown, page 210:

The migratory birds
have flown the coop
but they’ll be back
with their built-in compass.
They’ll come back the way
the circus does each year—
with aerialists, our angular
birds that loop the loop.

1969 December 14, Anne Sexton, “Eighteen Days Without You”, in The Complete Poems, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, published 1981, pages 216–217:

There was a good-looking Argentinian couple standing in the open flap of their tent. They were aerialists, checking over each other’s harnesses, testing the strength of the metal grommets where the guy wires would be attached to them.

2015, John Irving, chapter 16, in Avenue of Mysteries, New York: Simon & Schuster:

Videos of their feats, showing Spiderman^([sic])-like aerialists clinging to stone facades and balcony edges before plunging streets into darkness with the flick of an elevated switch, have been popular on social media since the start of the trend.

2022 October 13, Constant Méheut, “With Leaps and Bounds, Parkour Athletes Turn Off the Lights in Paris”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-13:

An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.


thunderbox

thunderboxes (plural)
thunder-box (alternative)
thunder box (alternative)

From thunder + box. Senses 1 and 2 (“portable commode; any lavatory or toilet”) are probably because of the noises that may be made while defecating.

[T]wo articles, both indispensibly necessary to a theatre, are not blundered, viz. a property room, and thunder box!—no they are omitted altogether!!

1806 September, Argus [pseudonym], “Provincial Drama, &c.”, in The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners. […], volume XXII, London: […] J. Wright, […] [a]nd published by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, […], →OCLC, pages 205–206:

[H]e [the English actor West Digges] said, "Take the child to the slips;" and I was led through the carpenter's gallery, the cloudings and thunder boxes, and placed in a good seat, where I saw the play with great delight.

1833 May, O’Keeffe, “The Late Mr. O’Keeffe”, in Edward Bulwer-Lytton, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume XXXVIII, 2nd part, number CXLIX, London: [F]or Henry Colburn by Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 37:

It was what is called a good passage, and a feather in the Casco’s cap; but among the most miserable forty hours that any one of us had ever passed. We were swung and tossed together all that time like shot in a stage thunder-box.

1891 February–December, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Hatiheu”, in In the South Seas […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1896, →OCLC, part I (The Marquesas), page 65:

The pouring and pattering of rain and the beating of hail require four different contrivances. The most novel of these is a wooden box, about twelve feet long and six inches square, inside of which are numerous slanting sheets of tin, punctured with small holes. A number of peas are rushed continuously up and down the box, rolling over the punctured tin and tumbling from one sheet to the other in a manner like that described of the iron balls in the "thunder box."

1892 January, “Ingenious Stage Machinery”, in The Theatre: A Record of the Stage, Drama, Music, Art, Literature, volume VIII, number 1 (number 179 overall), New York, N.Y.: The Theatre Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 32, column 1:

Thundercrashes, on the other hand, are made by a number of barrel strakes, suspended above one another on a rope to one side of the stage. At a given signal they are allowed to drop to the floor with a crash, followed by loud peal of thunder from the thunderbox.

1991, Paul Britten Austin, transl., edited by Hans Åstrand, Inger Mattsson, and Gunnar Larsson, Gustavian Opera: An Interdisciplinary Reader in Swedish Opera, Dance, and Theatre, 1771–1809 (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Skriftserie [Royal Academy of Music Book Series]; 66), Stockholm: Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien [Royal Swedish Academy of Music], →ISBN, →ISSN, page 101:

(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.


dramatic beat

(theater, film) The smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a noticeable change in the consciousness of one or more characters.


byplay

byplay (countable and uncountable, plural byplays)

[...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.

1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 477:

The father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.

1983, Frank Northen Magill, Magill's American film guide, volume 1, page 647:

(theater) Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.

controscena

any action carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action


bottler

From Middle English boteller, botullere, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of butler.

A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.


parterre

Borrowed from French parterre (“on the ground”), from par (“on”) + terre (“ground”).

Brussels
Buckinghamshire
Cliveden
Parterre
Parterre (theater audience)
Taplow

(theater) A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.

The part of the ground-floor section nearest the orchestra and the stage; the stalls.

(British) The part of the ground-floor section behind the stalls and underneath the galleries; the pit.

That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

(theater, by extension) That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.


parterre

→ Dutch: parterre

→ English: parterre

→ Greek: παρτέρι (partéri)

→ Polish: parter

→ Romanian: parter

→ Spanish: parterre

Inherited from Middle French [Term?]. Equivalent to par + terre.

the part of a theater between the stalls and the rear

(by extension) the members of a theater audience seated in the parterre


hacky

en-adj

hacky (comparative more hacky, superlative most hacky)

more hacky (comparative)
most hacky (superlative)

(comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)


schmeißen

de-verb

schmeißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schmeißt, past tense schmiss, past participle geschmissen, auxiliary haben)

schmeißt (present singular third-person)
schmiss (past)
geschmissen (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
schmeißen (infinitive)
schmeißend (participle present)
geschmissen (participle past)
schmeiße (first-person indicative present singular)
schmeißen (first-person indicative plural present)
schmeiße (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schmeißen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schmeißt (indicative present second-person singular)
schmeißt (indicative plural present second-person)
schmeißest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schmeißet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schmeißt (indicative present singular third-person)
schmeißen (indicative plural present third-person)
schmeiße (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
schmeißen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
schmiss (first-person indicative preterite singular)
schmissen (first-person indicative plural preterite)
schmisse (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmissen (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmissest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
schmisst (indicative preterite second-person singular)
schmisst (indicative plural preterite second-person)
schmissest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmisst (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmisset (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmisst (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schmiss (indicative preterite singular third-person)
schmissen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
schmisse (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
schmissen (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
schmeiß (imperative second-person singular)
schmeiße (imperative second-person singular)
schmeißt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe geschmissen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben geschmissen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe geschmissen (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben geschmissen (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest geschmissen (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet geschmissen (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe geschmissen (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben geschmissen (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte geschmissen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten geschmissen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte geschmissen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten geschmissen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest geschmissen (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet geschmissen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten geschmissen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte geschmissen (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten geschmissen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
schmeißen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde schmeißen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden schmeißen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde schmeißen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden schmeißen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde schmeißen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden schmeißen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst schmeißen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet schmeißen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird schmeißen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden schmeißen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden schmeißen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
geschmissen haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden geschmissen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst geschmissen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet geschmissen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird geschmissen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden geschmissen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden geschmissen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
schmeissen (alternative)

→ Pannonian Rusyn: шмайзнуц (šmajznuc)

From Middle High German smīzen, from Old High German smīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd-.
Cognate with Dutch smijten, Low German smieten, English smite, Danish smide, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan).

eine Szene schmeißen

(transitive, theater) to flub (a scene), to corpse


comedically

en-adv

comedically (comparative more comedically, superlative most comedically)

more comedically (comparative)
most comedically (superlative)


Anfang

de-noun

Anfang m (strong, genitive Anfanges or Anfangs, plural Anfänge)

Anfanges (genitive)
Anfangs (genitive)
Anfänge (plural)
Anfang (nominative singular)
Anfänge (definite nominative plural)
Anfanges (genitive singular)
Anfangs (genitive singular)
Anfänge (definite genitive plural)
Anfang (dative singular)
Anfange (dative singular)
Anfängen (dative definite plural)
Anfang (accusative singular)
Anfänge (accusative definite plural)
Anf. (alternative)

→ Finnish: anfangi

→ Hunsrik: aanfank

→ Silesian: anfang

→ Swedish: anfang

From Middle High German anvanc, anevanc, from Old High German anafang, from Proto-West Germanic *anafangi. See German anfangen, Dutch aanvang, English fang.

1545, Martin Luther, Biblia: das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft: Deudsch Auffs new zugericht, Moses I (Genesis) 1:1

In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

Clemens Alexandrinus, ein sehr gelehrter heydnischer Philosophus, lebte zu End Seculi II. und Anfangs des IIIten [...]

1737, Jacobi Gysi Historische und Moral-Demonstration von der Christlichen Religion, worinnen ihre Högglichkeit deutlich gezeiget, und auf die Zweiffel der Atheisten, Deisten, rc. geantwortet wird, page 915:

Aber erst auf dem 1532 zu Homberg gehaltenen Landtage scheint die Schenkung des Klosters Kaufungen, welches Kunigunde, Kaiser Heinrichs II. Gemahlin, Anfangs des 11. Jahrhunderts gestiftet hatte, und die des Stifts zu Wetter zu Stande gekommen zu seyn.

1831, Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner, Statistisch-topographisch-historische Beschreibung des Großherzogthums Hessen. Vierter Band, page 262:

Es ist ein guter Anfang.

Es war ein guter Anfang.

Aus bescheidenen Anfängen.

start, beginning, origin (spatially or temporally)


Auftritt

Auftritt m (strong, genitive Auftrittes or Auftritts, plural Auftritte)

Auftrittes (genitive)
Auftritts (genitive)
Auftritte (plural)
Auftritt (nominative singular)
Auftritte (definite nominative plural)
Auftrittes (genitive singular)
Auftritts (genitive singular)
Auftritte (definite genitive plural)
Auftritt (dative singular)
Auftritte (dative singular)
Auftritten (dative definite plural)
Auftritt (accusative singular)
Auftritte (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ūftrit; related to treten (“to step; to kick”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Optrëtt and Norwegian Bokmål opptrinn.

öffentlicher Auftritt.

Auftritt in den Medien.

(music, theater) gig, appearance, performance


nub

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.

cog

A nub is a passage of blank verse that Shakespearean actors have sometimes relied upon when they forget their lines. It doesn't have to make any sense, but it must sound plausible. To alert the other actors on stage that the speaker is in difficulty, the word nub is used in the first line.

2009, David Crystal, Walking English, Overlook Press, page 183:

To an audience a clever nub can pass for Shakespeare himself.

2013, Heathcote Williams, Nubbing, Cold Turkey Press:

(theater) A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.


metafiction

en-noun

metafiction (usually uncountable, plural metafictions)

From meta- + fiction, coined in 1970 by William H. Gass

Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot (1984) and Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor and Chatterton may be described as accomplished examples of historiographic metafiction, the kind of self-conscious, heavily parodic and experimental historical […]

1999, Susana Onega Jaén, Metafiction and Myth in the Novels of Peter Ackroyd, Camden House, →ISBN, page 1:

In the previous chapter, I presented a heuristic explanation of the development of metafiction. In this chapter, I turn to some texts written before the 1980s to demonstrate that the binary between realism and metafiction is not fixed.

2010, Evan Mwangi, Africa Writes Back to Self: Metafiction, Gender, Sexuality, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 65:

A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.


batten

The noun is from Middle English bataunt, batent (“finished bar or board (as for panelling)”), from Old French batent (“a beating”), a noun use of the present participle form of batre (“to beat, hit, strike”), from Late Latin battere, the present active infinitive of battō (“to beat”), from Latin battuō (“(very rare) to beat, hit, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce; to stab”) or *bʰat- (“to hit”), ultimately onomatopoeic.
The verb is derived from the noun.

der

A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.

tanko

long bar affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, etc.


joking

Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

(British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.


carpa

→ Catalan: carpa

(theater) a kind of comedic and musical theatre, under a tent


clownish

en-adj

clownish (comparative more clownish, superlative most clownish)

more clownish (comparative)
most clownish (superlative)

Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish.

1998, Bryan Senn, Drums of Terror: Voodoo in the Cinema:

Once again, City's defending was clownish. James McArthur drove into the area on the left and pulled a low cross towards the far post, where the horribly timid Gaël Clichy allowed Perch to bundle the ball past Costel Pantilimon.

2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:

Indeed, when in close quarters to Rooney, it must prove almost irresistible to stick a plastic moustache and silly clownish shoes on the potato-headed fool.

2005 May 14, Laura Barton, The Guardian:

Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.


jobber

Most of the music circuses use jobbers in four to eight of the leading roles for each show. These jobbers are principal actors who are employed for one or two leading roles during the season. There is no difference between a star and a jobber, except that a jobber is not necessarily a "big-name" performer […]

1957, Lorna Marie Wildon, A survey of contemporary American musical arena theatres, and an analysis of problems of organization and production:

Jobbers are used as needed.

1986, J. Allen, The 1986 Summer Theater Guide, page 83:

(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.


planking

en-noun

planking (countable and uncountable, plural plankings)

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[…] but, like planking, horsemanning, Tebowing, Hadoukening, and other viral photography memes, as a genre of public performance, dance in public is greatly facilitated by the channels of distribution that social media offer, […]

2020, Harmony Bench, Perpetual Motion: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common:

The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.


box set

(theater) A set with a proscenium arch stage and three walls, creating the appearance of an enclosed room.


warhorse

a Wagner warhorse

I remember taking the old warhorse, “Una Voce Poco Fa,” from Il Barbiere (Rossini) to three of the greatest living singing masters in Italy.

1910, Millie Ryan, What Every Singer Should Know, Omaha, Nebr.: Franklin Publishing Co.:

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo[…] presented a typical program of Russian warhorses of the 19th and early 20th centuries[…]

1997 August 6, Jennifer Dunning, “Horsing Around With Balletic Warhorses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A Mendelssohn Warhorse Gets the Perlman Treatment [title]

1995 August 5, Anthony Tommasini, “A Mendelssohn Warhorse Gets the Perlman Treatment”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

[…] the ROH mounts a new production of an Italian repertory warhorse that is fully on the level of the one it replaces […

2006 June 11, Stephen Jay-Taylor, “Tosca dress”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):

(theater, music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.


cheminée

→ German: Cheminée

→ Persian: شومینه (šomine)

→ Romanian: șemineu

→ Turkish: şömine

From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).
Unrelated to cheminer or chemin although an influence is possible.

(theater) large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops


jocularly

en-adv

jocularly (comparative more jocularly, superlative most jocularly)

more jocularly (comparative)
most jocularly (superlative)

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He was in such a good mood that he even managed to take out the rubbish jocularly.

She was not embarrassed at all so she told the story jocularly.

Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 160:


humourously

humourously (comparative more humourously, superlative most humourously)

more humourously (comparative)
most humourously (superlative)

(UK, Canada, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of humorously


dénouement

dénouements (plural)
dénoûment (alternative)

→ English: dénouement (learned)

From dénouer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from Middle French desnouement, from the Old French verb desnoer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from the noun neu (“knot”), itself from Latin nōdus.


greasepaint

en-noun

greasepaint (countable and uncountable, plural greasepaints)

greasepaints (plural)
grease-paint (alternative)

A mixture of grease and coloring matter used as theatrical makeup.


stage right

en-adv

stage right (comparative more stage right, superlative most stage right)

more stage right (comparative)
most stage right (superlative)


stage left

stage left (comparative more stage left, superlative most stage left)

more stage left (comparative)
most stage left (superlative)


downstage

en-verb

downstage (third-person singular simple present downstages, present participle downstaging, simple past and past participle downstaged)

downstages (present singular third-person)
downstaging (participle present)
downstaged (participle past)
downstaged (past)

(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).


understage

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When deep pits, required in the understage for the machinery and traps, cannot be drained on account of insufficient depth of the street sewer

1900, William Paul Gerhard, Theatres: Their Safety from Fire and Panic, Their Comfort and Healthfulness, page 97:

The understage being only 9 feet (5 braccia) high, the mountain had to rise in telescoping stages

1996, James M. Saslow, The Medici wedding of 1589: Florentine festival as Theatrum Mundi, page 86:

dozens of strapping stage-hands in the understage manipulating warships, cannons dispatching balls of fire, blue smoke.

2001, Augusto Boal with Adrian Jackson and Candida Blaker, Hamlet and the baker's son: my life in theatre and politics:


overstage

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(theater, of lighting, machinery etc) Above the stage.


霞む

霞む (canonical)
kasumu (romanization)
霞め (irrealis stem)
かすめ (irrealis stem)
kasume (irrealis)
霞め (continuative stem)
かすめ (continuative stem)
kasume (continuative)
霞む (stem terminative)
かすむ (stem terminative)
kasumu (terminative)
霞むる (attributive stem)
かすむる (attributive stem)
kasumuru (attributive)
霞むれ (realis stem)
かすむれ (realis stem)
kasumure (realis)
霞めよ (imperative stem)
かすめよ (imperative stem)
kasumeyo (imperative)
霞めず (negative)
かすめず (negative)
kasumezu (negative)
霞むれど (contrastive)
かすむれど (contrastive)
kasumuredo (contrastive)
霞むれば (causative)
かすむれば (causative)
kasumureba (causative)
霞めば (conditional)
かすめば (conditional)
kasumeba (conditional)
霞めき (past)
かすめき (past)
kasumeki (past)
霞めけり (past)
かすめけり (past)
kasumekeri (past)
霞めつ (perfect)
かすめつ (perfect)
kasumetu (perfect)
霞めぬ (perfect)
かすめぬ (perfect)
kasumenu (perfect)
霞めたり (continuative perfect)
かすめたり (continuative perfect)
kasumetari (continuative perfect)
霞めむ (volitional)
かすめむ (volitional)
kasumemu (volitional)

From Old Japanese.
From stem kasu-, cognate with classical adjective 幽し (kasukeshi, “faint”), adjective 微か (kasuka, “faint, dim”), and adverb かすかす (kasukasu, “barely”).

(theater, archaic) in kabuki, for the 下座 (geza) musicians to play weakly and quietly


悲劇

喜劇

antonym(s) of “tragedy as a dramatic genre”

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/pei̯⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/

/pi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/

/pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/

/pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiak̚¹²¹/

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/pei̯⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/

/pi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/

/pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/

/pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiak̚¹²¹/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 悲(ひ)劇(げき) (higeki), first attested in 《清稗類鈔》 in 1917.

wasei kango

(figurative) tragedy (event causing great suffering) (Classifier: 場／场 m; 齣／出 m)


Father Time

Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of Father Time himself.

c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

A personification of time as an old man, usually carrying an hourglass.


bà

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺 /爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông.

vi-etym-sino

(narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman


noo

eo-head

noo (accusative singular noon, plural nooj, accusative plural noojn)

noon (accusative singular)
nooj (plural)
noojn (accusative plural)


समय

samayá (romanization)
समयः (nominative singular)
समयौ (dual nominative)
समया1 (dual nominative)
समयाः (nominative plural)
समयासः1 (nominative plural)
समय (singular vocative)
समयौ (dual vocative)
समया1 (dual vocative)
समयाः (plural vocative)
समयासः1 (plural vocative)
समयम् (accusative singular)
समयौ (accusative dual)
समया1 (accusative dual)
समयान् (accusative plural)
समयेन (instrumental singular)
समयाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
समयैः (instrumental plural)
समयेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
समयाय (dative singular)
समयाभ्याम् (dative dual)
समयेभ्यः (dative plural)
समयात् (ablative singular)
समयाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
समयेभ्यः (ablative plural)
समयस्य (genitive singular)
समययोः (dual genitive)
समयानाम् (genitive plural)
समये (locative singular)
समययोः (dual locative)
समयेषु (locative plural)

Prakrit: 𑀲𑀫𑀬 (samaya)

Hindustani: samā

Hindi: समा

Urdu: سَما

Gujarati: સમૌ (samau)

Marathi: सवे (save)

desc

Sinhalese: සමියෙන් (samiyen), සමා (samā), සෙමෙ (seme)

Old Awadhi: samaya

Devanagari script: समय

Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂧𑂨

→ Hindi: समय (samay, “time; hours”) (learned)

→ Nepali: समय (samaya, “time; schedule, hours; chance”) (learned)

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→ Old Javanese: samaya (“agreement, promise; meeting; time, season; convention, law, practice, doctrine”)
Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone, to delay”)
→ Indonesian: sêmaya (“to postpone, to delay”)
→ Balinese: ᬲᬵᬫᬬ (semaya, “agreement, alliance, fate”)

Pali: samaya (“time, occasion”)
→ Burmese: သမယ (sa.ma.ya.)

→ Hindustani: samai

Hindi: समै

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Urdu: سَمَیْ

Urdu: سَمَیْ

→ Sylheti: ꠡꠝꠄ (śomoe) (learned)

From the root समि (sami) or from सम्- (sam-) + अय (ayá), the latter a variant of इ (i, “to go”).


द्रव

drava (romanization)
द्रवः (nominative singular)
द्रवौ (dual nominative)
द्रवा1 (dual nominative)
द्रवाः (nominative plural)
द्रवासः1 (nominative plural)
द्रव (singular vocative)
द्रवौ (dual vocative)
द्रवा1 (dual vocative)
द्रवाः (plural vocative)
द्रवासः1 (plural vocative)
द्रवम् (accusative singular)
द्रवौ (accusative dual)
द्रवा1 (accusative dual)
द्रवान् (accusative plural)
द्रवेण (instrumental singular)
द्रवाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
द्रवैः (instrumental plural)
द्रवेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
द्रवाय (dative singular)
द्रवाभ्याम् (dative dual)
द्रवेभ्यः (dative plural)
द्रवात् (ablative singular)
द्रवाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
द्रवेभ्यः (ablative plural)
द्रवस्य (genitive singular)
द्रवयोः (dual genitive)
द्रवाणाम् (genitive plural)
द्रवे (locative singular)
द्रवयोः (dual locative)
द्रवेषु (locative plural)

(drama) the flying out against one's superior


mug up

en-verb

mug up (third-person singular simple present mugs up, present participle mugging up, simple past and past participle mugged up)

mugs up (present singular third-person)
mugging up (participle present)
mugged up (participle past)
mugged up (past)

(intransitive, slang, theater, obsolete) To paint one's face or put on a costume for the purpose of impersonation.


animator

pl-noun

animator m pers (female equivalent animatorka)

animatorka (feminine)
animator (nominative singular)
animatorzy (nominative plural)
animatory (derogatory nominative plural)
animatora (genitive singular)
animatorów (genitive plural)
animatorowi (dative singular)
animatorom (dative plural)
animatora (accusative singular)
animatorów (accusative plural)
animatorem (instrumental singular)
animatorami (instrumental plural)
animatorze (locative singular)
animatorach (locative plural)
animatorze (singular vocative)
animatorzy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French animateur, from Latin animō + -ato. First attested in 1915.

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Dziennik Poznański : wychodzi codziennie z wyjątkiem poniedziałków i dni poświętnych (in Polish), number R.57, nr 23, 1915, page 6

animator teatralny

animator lalek

animator teatru

(theater) puppeteer (person who moves puppets during a puppet show)


ծաղրածու

head

ծաղրածու • (caġracu)

hy-noun

ծաղրածու • (caġracu)

caġracu (romanization)
ծաղրածու (nominative singular)
ծաղրածուներ (nominative plural)
ծաղրածուի (dative singular)
ծաղրածուների (dative plural)
ծաղրածուից (ablative singular)
ծաղրածուներից (ablative plural)
ծաղրածուով (instrumental singular)
ծաղրածուներով (instrumental plural)
ծաղրածուում (locative singular)
ծաղրածուներում (locative plural)
ծաղրածուն (definite nominative singular)
ծաղրածուները (definite nominative plural)
ծաղրածուներն (definite nominative plural)
ծաղրածուին (dative definite singular)
ծաղրածուներին (dative definite plural)
ծաղրածուս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
ծաղրածուներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ծաղրածուիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
ծաղրածուներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ծաղրածուիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
ծաղրածուներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ծաղրածուովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
ծաղրածուներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ծաղրածուումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
ծաղրածուներումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
ծաղրածուդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
ծաղրածուներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ծաղրածուիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
ծաղրածուներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ծաղրածուիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
ծաղրածուներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ծաղրածուովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
ծաղրածուներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
ծաղրածուումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
ծաղրածուներումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

ծաղրածուները/ծաղրածուներն

ծաղրածուների

ծաղրածուներին

ծաղրածուներից

ծաղրածուներով

ծաղրածուներում

ծաղրածուներս

ծաղրածուներիս

ծաղրածուներիցս

ծաղրածուներովս

ծաղրածուումս

ծաղրածուներումս

ծաղրածուներդ

ծաղրածուներիդ

ծաղրածուներիցդ

ծաղրածուներովդ

ծաղրածուումդ

ծաղրածուներումդ

/t͡sɑʁɾɑˈt͡su/

[t͡sɑʁɾɑt͡sú]

/d͡zɑʁɾɑˈd͡zu/

[d͡zɑʁɾɑd͡zú]

Hy-ծաղրածու.ogg


comico

From Latin cōmicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós).


concetto

→ English: concetto

→ French: concetto

From Latin conceptus (“received, caught; derived from; contained, held; adopted; conceived”). It was also originally the past participle of concepire.

inh

(theater, rhetoric) in Italian comedy (commedia dell'arte), stock punch line learned by the performers for use in this improvisational form of theater


կատակ

katak (romanization)
կատակ (nominative singular)
կատակներ (nominative plural)
կատակի (dative singular)
կատակների (dative plural)
կատակից (ablative singular)
կատակներից (ablative plural)
կատակով (instrumental singular)
կատակներով (instrumental plural)
կատակում (locative singular)
կատակներում (locative plural)
կատակը (definite nominative singular)
կատակն (definite nominative singular)
կատակները (definite nominative plural)
կատակներն (definite nominative plural)
կատակին (dative definite singular)
կատակներին (dative definite plural)
կատակս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
կատակներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
կատակիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
կատակներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
կատակիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
կատակներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
կատակովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
կատակներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
կատակումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
կատակներումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
կատակդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
կատակներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
կատակիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
կատակներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
կատակիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
կատակներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
կատակովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
կատակներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
կատակումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
կատակներումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

կատակը/կատակն

կատակները/կատակներն

կատակներումս

կատակներումդ

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կատակ

katak (romanization)
կատակ (nominative singular)
կատակք (nominative plural)
կատակի (genitive singular)
կատակաց (genitive plural)
կատակի (dative singular)
կատակաց (dative plural)
կատակ (accusative singular)
կատակս (accusative plural)
կատակէ (ablative singular)
կատակաց (ablative plural)
կատակաւ (instrumental singular)
կատակի (locative singular)
կատակս (locative plural)
կատիկ (alternative)

xcl-decl-noun

կատակաւք = կատակօք

Armenian: կատակ (katak)

From early Parthian *kātak; compare Middle Persian kʾtk' (*kādag, “game; joke”) and see there for more. See also կատակագուսան (katakagusan).
Ačaṙyan, who did not know about the Iranian words, following Lidén considered the word to be inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷed-, with Sanskrit गदति (gádati, “to speak articulately, say, relate, tell”) as a cognate. This etymology can now be discarded.

cog

[…] եւ ըմպէին անդ գինի բոզօք եւ վարձակօք եւ գուսանօք եւ կատակօք […]
[…]ew əmpēin and gini bozōkʻ ew varjakōkʻ ew gusanōkʻ ew katakōkʻ[…]

5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] 3.19


Jack Frost

From Jack (“placeholder or conventional name for any man”) + frost.

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Arthur Henry Brown ([1863]) Little Jack Frost Quadrilles, London: B. Williams, →OCLC.

This time of Year being cold and frosty generally speaking, or when Jack Frost commonly takes us by the Nose, the Diversions are always within Doors, either in Exercise or by the Fire-side.

1740, “Of Mirth and Jollity, Christmas Gambols, Eating, Drinking, Kissing, and Other Diversions of the Holydays”, in Round about Our Coal-fire, or Christmas Entertainments …, London: […] J. Roberts […], →OCLC; republished as Christmas Entertainments: […], London: Field & Tuer, Yᵉ Leadenhall Presse; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1883, →OCLC, page 6:

Well, and the inside is all lined with skins, warm enough; and there's a fire in the middle; [...] Jack frost may whistle out doors if he pleases, but he can hardly get his nose in here.

1818, Isaac Taylor, “Lapland. 10. Lapland Witch Selling a Wind.”, in Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers, London: […] J. Harris, […], →OCLC, page 11:

December's severely cold nights made dreadful havoc with the soldiers[’] toes on the out posts, where for six long hours without fire or aught to shield from Jack Frost’s intrusion, they trod their lonely beat, dreaming of home and friends far away.

1870, George Wise, “Falls Church, Upton’s and Munson’s Hills”, in History of the Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., Baltimore, Md.: Kelly, Piet & Company, →OCLC, page 47:

Autumn has given way to winter once more, and happily the late and heavy rains fattened the ripening crops now reaping; and left everywhere through this district a thick growth of grass, for winter grazing; long enough, generally, to shield from Jack Frost, by its ample tops and seed heads, a bite of succulent stalk above the roots.

1901 June 1, Maynard Matthews, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume IV, number 7, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province: Times Printing and Publishing Company, published 7 June 1901, →OCLC, pages 196–197:

Ma said that Jack Frost came in the night and made the pictures, while everyone was asleep. Laura thought that Jack Frost was a little man all snowy white, wearing a glittering white pointed cap and soft white kneeboots made of deerskin.

1932, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, New York, N.Y.: Harper, published 2016, →ISBN:

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire / Jack Frost nipping at your nose / Yuletide carols being sung by a choir / And folks dressed up like Eskimos

1945, “The Christmas Song: Merry Christmas to You: S.A.T.B. with Incidental Soprano Solos and Piano Accompaniment”, Mel Tormé, Bob Wells (lyrics), Mel Tormé (music), New York, N.Y.: E. H. Morris, published 1946, →OCLC:

Winter is damp, dark and cold, but the new year makes me hopeful of the spring and summer to come, [...] Animals need extra care, logs are brought in to unfreeze by the fire, the ice is scraped off the car. Jack Frost paints glorious pictures on (single-glazed) windows.

2006, Sally Schweizer, “Celebrations: ‘She’s Crying for Joy!’”, in Well, I Wonder: Childhood in the Modern World: A Handbook for Parents, Carers and Teachers (Bringing Spirit to Life), Forest Row, East Sussex: Sophia Books, →ISBN, page 169:

Elves, flying reindeer, wood sprites, talking snowmen, and even Jack Frost, or Grandfather Frost in Russia, are all out and about during Advent. [...] Jack Frost, as those of us who live in northern climates well know, can be an annoying sprite who will make winter icy or stormy on a whim.

2013, Marci Alborghetti, “December 15: Jack Frost … and Friends”, in It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ’s Mass, Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 15:

A personification of frosty weather or winter.