drama

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


drama

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


drama

a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy

an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive

(derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance

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”).


drama

drama (nominative singular)
dramata (nominative plural)
dramatu (genitive singular)
dramat (genitive plural)
dramatu (dative singular)
dramatům (dative plural)
drama (accusative singular)
dramata (accusative plural)
drama (singular vocative)
dramata (plural vocative)
dramatu (locative singular)
dramatech (locative plural)
dramatem (instrumental singular)
dramaty (instrumental plural)


drama

drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting)

nl-noun

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

drama's (plural)
dramaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: drama

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


drama

The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.

en:any theatrical script, tragic or comic

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

en:script for broadcast media, usually a noncomedic one

(countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.

en:all theatrical scripts, tragic or comic, as mass noun

(uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.

After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.

Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.

2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 2018-07-08:

en:situation in real life resembling a theatrical play

(uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.

(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.

en-noun

drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)

→ 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)

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”). Doublet of dorama.


drama

is-noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, nominative plural drömu)

drama (genitive singular)
drömu (nominative plural)
drama (indefinite nominative singular)
dramað (definite nominative singular)
drömu (indefinite nominative plural)
drömun (definite nominative plural)
drama (accusative indefinite singular)
dramað (accusative definite singular)
drömu (accusative indefinite plural)
drömun (accusative definite plural)
drama (dative indefinite singular)
dramanu (dative definite singular)
drömum (dative indefinite plural)
drömunum (dative definite plural)
drama (genitive indefinite singular)
dramans (definite genitive singular)
drama (genitive indefinite plural)
dramanna (definite genitive plural)


drama

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

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

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


drama

head

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

drama (genitive singular)
dramaí (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
drama (indefinite singular)
dramaí (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a dhrama (indefinite singular)
a dhramaí (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an drama (definite singular)
na dramaí (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na ndramaí (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an drama (definite singular)
don drama (definite singular)
leis na dramaí (definite plural)
drama
dhrama
ndrama

/ˈd̪ˠɾˠamˠə/


drama

la-noun

drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension

drāma (canonical neuter)
drāmatis (genitive)
drāma (nominative singular)
drāmata (nominative plural)
drāmatis (genitive singular)
drāmatum (genitive plural)
drāmatī (dative singular)
drāmatibus (dative plural)
drāma (accusative singular)
drāmata (accusative plural)
drāmate (ablative singular)
drāmatibus (ablative plural)
drāma (singular vocative)
drāmata (plural vocative)

→ Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma)

→ Catalan: drama

→ Czech: drama

→ Dutch: drama
→ Indonesian: drama

desctree

→ 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)

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


drama

Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.


drama

head

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

dramaet (definite singular)
drama (indefinite plural)
dramaer (indefinite plural)
dramaene (definite plural)

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


drama

dramaet (definite singular)
drama (indefinite plural)
dramaa (definite plural)
drama (definite plural)
dramaa [dramai] (definite plural)
drama (indefinite singular)
dramaet (definite singular)
drama (indefinite plural)
dramaa (definite plural)


drama

filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.

1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:

take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

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


drama

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

(literary, theater) drama (type of play)

(education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)

(colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)

drama (nominative singular)
dramy (nominative plural)
dramy (genitive singular)
dram (genitive plural)
dramie (dative singular)
dramom (dative plural)
dramę (accusative singular)
dramy (accusative plural)
dramą (instrumental singular)
dramami (instrumental plural)
dramie (locative singular)
dramach (locative plural)
dramo (singular vocative)
dramy (plural vocative)

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

ref

Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019) “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]


drama

Para de fazer drama.

drama (dramatic situation), big deal, fuss, scene

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).Doublet of dorama.


drama

head

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

drama (genitive singular)
dramaichean (plural)


drama

drȁma (canonical feminine)
дра̏ма (Cyrillic)
drȁma (nominative singular)
drame (nominative plural)
drame (genitive singular)
drȃmā (genitive plural)
drami (dative singular)
dramama (dative plural)
dramu (accusative singular)
drame (accusative plural)
dramo (singular vocative)
drame (plural vocative)
drami (locative singular)
dramama (locative plural)
dramom (instrumental singular)
dramama (instrumental plural)


drama

drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)

drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)

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


drama

drama class IX (canonical)
drama class X (plural)


drama

drama (indefinite nominative singular)
dramas (genitive indefinite singular)
dramat (definite nominative singular)
dramats (definite genitive singular)
dramer (indefinite nominative plural)
dramers (genitive indefinite plural)
dramerna (definite nominative plural)
dramernas (definite genitive plural)


drama

drama (nominative singular)
dramad (nominative plural)
draman (accusative singular)
dramad (accusative plural)
draman (genitive singular)
dramoiden (genitive plural)
dramad (partitive singular)
dramoid (partitive plural)
draman (essive-instructive singular)
dramoin (essive-instructive plural)
dramaks (singular translative)
dramoikš (plural translative)
dramas (inessive singular)
dramoiš (inessive plural)
dramaspäi (elative singular)
dramoišpäi (elative plural)
dramaha (illative singular)
dramoihe (illative plural)
dramal (adessive singular)
dramoil (adessive plural)
dramalpäi (ablative singular)
dramoilpäi (ablative plural)
dramale (allative singular)
dramoile (allative plural)
dramata (abessive singular)
dramoita (abessive plural)
dramanke (comitative singular)
dramoidenke (comitative plural)
dramadme (prolative singular)
dramoidme (plural prolative)
dramanno (approximative approximative-i singular)
dramoidenno (approximative approximative-i plural)
dramannoks (approximative approximative-ii singular)
dramoidennoks (approximative approximative-ii plural)
dramannopäi (egressive singular)
dramoidennopäi (egressive plural)
dramahasai (singular terminative terminative-i)
dramoihesai (plural terminative terminative-i)
dramalesai (singular terminative terminative-ii)
dramoilesai (plural terminative terminative-ii)
dramassai (singular terminative terminative-iii)
dramahapäi (additive additive-i singular)
dramoihepäi (additive additive-i plural)
dramalepäi (additive additive-ii singular)
dramoilepäi (additive additive-ii plural)


drama

dramâu (plural)
drama
ddrama (soft)
nrama

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”).