histrionic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/
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• General-American: /ˌhɪs.triˈɑ.nɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɒnɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: HH IH2 S T R IY0 AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Late Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting; scurrilous, shameful; wretched”), from Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting and the theatre”), from histriō (“actor, player”) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). By surface analysis, histrion + -ic.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: актьорски (aktjorski) — of or relating to actors or acting
• Catalan: histriònic — of or relating to actors or acting
• Dutch: theatraal — of or relating to actors or acting
• Finnish: histrioninen — of or relating to actors or acting
• Finnish: näyttelijän — of or relating to actors or acting
• Finnish: näyttelijämäinen — of or relating to actors or acting
• Finnish: teatraalinen — of or relating to actors or acting
• French: théâtral — of or relating to actors or acting
• German: Schauspiel- — of or relating to actors or acting
• German: schauspielerisch — of or relating to actors or acting
• Icelandic: leiklistar- — of or relating to actors or acting
• Italian: istrionesco — of or relating to actors or acting
• Italian: istrionico — of or relating to actors or acting
• Macedonian: актерски (akterski) — of or relating to actors or acting
• Portuguese: histriónico — of or relating to actors or acting
• Portuguese: histriônico — of or relating to actors or acting
• Russian: актёрский (aktjórskij) — of or relating to actors or acting
• Russian: сцени́ческий (sceníčeskij) — of or relating to actors or acting
• Serbo-Croatian: glumački — of or relating to actors or acting
• Spanish: histriónico — of or relating to actors or acting
• Bulgarian: театрален (teatralen) — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Catalan: histriònic — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Danish: patetisk — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Dutch: pathetisch — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Dutch: theatraal — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Finnish: histrioninen — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Finnish: huomionkipeä — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Finnish: näyttävä — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Finnish: teatraalinen — excessively dramatic or emotional
• French: histrionique — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Georgian: სცენური (scenuri) — excessively dramatic or emotional
• German: pathetisch — excessively dramatic or emotional
• German: theatralisch — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Icelandic: leikaralegur — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Icelandic: tilgerðarlegur — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Icelandic: uppgerðarlegur — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Polish: afektacyjny — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Portuguese: histriónico — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Portuguese: histriônico — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Russian: напы́щенный (napýščennyj) — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Russian: неесте́ственный (nejestéstvennyj) — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Russian: театра́льный (teatrálʹnyj) — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheach — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Serbo-Croatian: histrionski — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Serbo-Croatian: teatralan — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Spanish: histriónico — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Swedish: teatralisk — excessively dramatic or emotional
• Swedish: histrionisk — excessively dramatic or emotional