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Of or relating to the theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dramatic, histrionic, scenic, stagy, theatric, thespian
Antonyms: none provided
Fake and exaggerated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: affected, stagy, effete, fey, recherché, hoity-toity, overrefined, pansified, precious, pretentious, smug, stilted, theatrical, Woosterian
Antonyms: none provided
A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A person who works in theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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a theatrical pose one of the most theatrical figures in public life
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: untheatrical
of or relating to the theater
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
a performance of a play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: theatrical performance, representation, histrionics
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performance, public presentation
Narrower terms: matinee
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.
Across languages
Translations 62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
թատերական
(tʻaterakan)
— of or relating to the theatre
Belarusian :
тэатра́льны
(teatrálʹny)
— of or relating to the theatre
Bulgarian :
театрален
(teatralen)
— of or relating to the theatre
Catalan :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Czech :
divadelní
— of or relating to the theatre
Danish :
scenisk
— of or relating to the theatre
Danish :
teatralsk
— of or relating to the theatre
Dutch :
theatraal
— of or relating to the theatre
Dutch :
dramatisch
— of or relating to the theatre
Esperanto :
teatra
— of or relating to the theatre
Finnish :
teatterillinen
— of or relating to the theatre
French :
théâtral
— of or relating to the theatre
Galician :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
German :
theatralisch
— of or relating to the theatre
German :
Theater-
— of or relating to the theatre
Greek :
θεατρικός
(theatrikós)
— of or relating to the theatre
Hebrew :
תיאטרלי
(teatrali)
— of or relating to the theatre
Hungarian :
színházi
— of or relating to the theatre
Hungarian :
színi
— of or relating to the theatre
Hungarian :
színpadi
— of or relating to the theatre
Ido :
teatrala
— of or relating to the theatre
Ido :
cenala
— of or relating to the theatre
Irish :
amharclannach
— of or relating to the theatre
Italian :
teatrale
— of or relating to the theatre
Kazakh :
театрлық
(teatrlyq)
— of or relating to the theatre
Norwegian Bokmål :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Polish :
teatralny
— of or relating to the theatre
Portuguese :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Romanian :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Russian :
театра́льный
(teatrálʹnyj)
— of or relating to the theatre
Russian :
сцени́ческий
(sceníčeskij)
— of or relating to the theatre
Slovak :
divadelný
— of or relating to the theatre
Spanish :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Swedish :
teatral
— of or relating to the theatre
Ukrainian :
театра́льний
(teatrálʹnyj)
— of or relating to the theatre
Belarusian :
тэатра́льны
(teatrálʹny)
— fake and exaggerated
Bulgarian :
театрален
(teatralen)
— fake and exaggerated
Catalan :
teatral
— fake and exaggerated
Czech :
teatrální
— fake and exaggerated
Dutch :
dramatisch
— fake and exaggerated
Dutch :
theatraal
— fake and exaggerated
Finnish :
teatraalinen
— fake and exaggerated
Galician :
teatral
— fake and exaggerated
German :
theatralisch
— fake and exaggerated
German :
dramatisch
— fake and exaggerated
Hungarian :
színpadias
— fake and exaggerated
Hungarian :
teátrális
— fake and exaggerated
Italian :
teatrale
— fake and exaggerated
Italian :
plateale
— fake and exaggerated
Norwegian Bokmål :
teatralsk
— fake and exaggerated
Norwegian Nynorsk :
teatralsk
— fake and exaggerated
Polish :
teatralny
— fake and exaggerated
Polish :
aktorski
— fake and exaggerated
Portuguese :
teatral
— fake and exaggerated
Portuguese :
dramático
— fake and exaggerated
Russian :
театра́льный
(teatrálʹnyj)
— fake and exaggerated
Russian :
показно́й
(pokaznój)
— fake and exaggerated
Russian :
неесте́ственный
(nejestéstvennyj)
— fake and exaggerated
Spanish :
teatral
— fake and exaggerated
Spanish :
dramático
— fake and exaggerated
Swedish :
teatralisk
— fake and exaggerated
Ukrainian :
театра́льний
(teatrálʹnyj)
— fake and exaggerated
