"playbill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playbills [plural]
Etymology: play + bill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|play|bill}} play + bill Head templates: {{en-noun}} playbill (plural playbills)
  1. A poster advertising a theatrical performance. Categories (topical): Theater Translations (poster): афиш (afiš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ohjelmajuliste (Finnish), manifesto [masculine] (Italian), locandina [feminine] (Italian), teateraffisch (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-playbill-en-noun-g7tPEOKd Disambiguation of Theater: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'poster': 93 7
  2. A program/programme/pamphlet for a theatrical performance. Translations (program): програма (programa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ohjelma (Finnish), ohjelmavihkonen (Finnish), locandina [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-playbill-en-noun-b5NyVtsU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'program': 0 100

Inflected forms

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