dramatize

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• /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English dramatize From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) + English -ize.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: драматизирам (dramatiziram) — to adapt a literary work
• Catalan: dramatitzar — to adapt a literary work
• Catalan: escenificar — to adapt a literary work
• German: dramatisieren — to adapt a literary work
• Greek: δραματοποιώ (dramatopoió) — to adapt a literary work
• Irish: drámaigh — to adapt a literary work
• Italian: sceneggiare — to adapt a literary work
• Portuguese: dramatizar — to adapt a literary work
• Spanish: dramatizar — to adapt a literary work
• Spanish: escenificar — to adapt a literary work
• Turkish: dramatize etmek — to adapt a literary work
• Volapük: dramatön — to adapt a literary work
• Bulgarian: драматизирам (dramatiziram) — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Catalan: dramatitzar — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• French: dramatiser — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• German: dramatisieren — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Greek: δραματοποιώ (dramatopoió) — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Polish: dramatyzować — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Portuguese: dramatizar — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Russian: драматизи́ровать (dramatizírovatʹ) — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Spanish: dramatizar — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Turkish: dramatize etmek — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
• Volapük: dramatön — to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner