backstage

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English

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Etymology

From back +‎ stage.

Pronunciation

Adjective

backstage (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
  2. Secret, concealed from the public.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage)

  1. Towards the area behind the stage.
  2. Out of view of the public.
    • 1966, “Backstage”, performed by Gene Pitney:
      Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry / You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little

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Noun

backstage (plural backstages)

  1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
  2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
    • 2013, Raymond Fisk, Stephen Grove, Joby John, Services Marketing Interactive Approach, →ISBN, page 73:
      Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage.

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Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

< English backstage

Pronunciation

Noun

backstage (slang)

  1. backstage (area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show)
    Synonyms: takahuone, bäkkäri

Declension

Inflection of backstage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative backstage backstaget
genitive backstagen backstagejen
partitive backstagea backstageja
illative backstageen backstageihin
singular plural
nominative backstage backstaget
accusative nom. backstage backstaget
gen. backstagen
genitive backstagen backstagejen
backstagein rare
partitive backstagea backstageja
inessive backstagessa backstageissa
elative backstagesta backstageista
illative backstageen backstageihin
adessive backstagella backstageilla
ablative backstagelta backstageilta
allative backstagelle backstageille
essive backstagena backstageina
translative backstageksi backstageiksi
abessive backstagetta backstageitta
instructive backstagein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of backstage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English backstage.

Pronunciation

Noun

backstage m (invariable)

  1. backstage
    Synonym: retroscena

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English backstage.

Pronunciation

Noun

backstage m (plural backstages)

  1. backstage

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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