"playbill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playbills [plural]
Etymology: From 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 genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'program': 0 100

Inflected forms

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