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See also: Drama, dráma, dràma, dramă, dramą, and Dramą

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drama (plural dramas or dramata)

  2. (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
    The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
  4. (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
  6. (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
  8. (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
    After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
    • 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com‎, CNN, retrieved 2018-07-08:
      Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.
  10. (slang) (uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

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Translations

References

  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Noun

drama m (plural drames)

  1. drama (theatrical and media genre)
  2. drama (theatrical plays in general)
  3. drama (difficult situation)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “a drachma”).

Noun

drama f (plural drames)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dracma

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama

  1. a theatrical play; a skit
  2. a radio drama
  3. a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy
  4. an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive
  5. (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance

Verb

drama

  1. to be emotional or sentimental
  2. to put on an act

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama n

  1. drama (composition intended for actors)

Declension

Declension of drama (ma-stem neuter)
singular plural
nominative drama dramata
genitive dramatu dramat
dative dramatu dramatům
accusative drama dramata
vocative drama dramata
locative dramatu dramatech
instrumental dramatem dramaty

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Further reading

  • drama in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • drama in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)

  1. drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting).
  2. Something tragic, a tragedy.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, no plural)

  1. drama

Declension

declension of drama
n-w singular
indefinite definite
nominative drama dramað
accusative drama dramað
dative drama dramanu
genitive drama dramans

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama (plural drama-drama, first-person possessive dramaku, second-person possessive dramamu, third-person possessive dramanya)

  1. drama:
    1. a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
    2. theatrical plays in general.
      Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil
  2. (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
    Synonym: tragedi

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of dráma

Declension

Declension of drama

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative drama dramaí
Vocative a dhrama a dhramaí
Genitive drama dramaí
Dative drama dramaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an drama na dramaí
Genitive an drama na ndramaí
Dative leis an drama

don drama

leis na dramaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drama dhrama ndrama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension

  1. drama, play

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative drāma drāmata
Genitive drāmatis drāmatum
Dative drāmatī drāmatibus
Accusative drāma drāmata
Ablative drāmate drāmatibus
Vocative drāma drāmata

Descendants

References

  • “drama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • drama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • drama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “drama”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • drama in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Etymology

Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.

Pronunciation

Noun

drama f

  1. dramatic art

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene)

  1. a drama

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)

  1. (countable or uncountable) a drama

Inflection

Historical inflection of drama
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
1982 drama, dramaa
2012 (current) drama dramaet drama dramaa

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier.

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420..

Noun

drama f (plural dramas)

  1. drachma
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:
      filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.
      take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

Further reading

  • “drama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). First attested in 1728. Doublet of dramat.

Pronunciation

Noun

drama f

  1. (drama) drama (composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue)
    Synonym: dramat
  2. (literary, theater) drama (type of play)
    Synonym: dramat
  3. (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)
  4. (colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)

Declension

Declension of drama
singular plural
nominative drama dramy
genitive dramy dram
dative dramie dramom
accusative dramę dramy
instrumental dramą dramami
locative dramie dramach
vocative dramo dramy

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “drama”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019) “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
  • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

  1. drama (composition)
  2. drama (theatrical play)
  3. drama (dramatic situation)

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

  1. Alternative form of dràm

Noun

drama

  1. genitive singular of dràm

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drâma/
  • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)

  1. drama

Declension

Declension of drama
singular plural
nominative drȁma drame
genitive drame drȃmā
dative drami dramama
accusative dramu drame
vocative dramo drame
locative drami dramama
instrumental dramom dramama

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾama/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

  1. drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
  2. drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)
    Synonym: tragedia
  3. drama (theatre studies)
    Synonym: teatro
  4. play (work of theatre)
    Synonym: obra
  5. big deal, fuss, scene
    Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama.

Pronunciation

Noun

drama (n class, plural drama)

  1. drama

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n

  1. a drama

Declension

Declension of drama 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drama dramat dramer dramerna
Genitive dramas dramats dramers dramernas

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish drama.

Pronunciation

Noun

drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ)

  1. drama; stage play
    Synonym: dula
  2. theatrics; histrionics
    Synonym: kaartehan

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Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).

Noun

drama

  1. drama (theatre)

Inflection

Inflection of drama (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. drama
genitive sing. draman
partitive sing. dramad
partitive plur. dramoid
singular plural
nominative drama dramad
accusative draman dramad
genitive draman dramoiden
partitive dramad dramoid
essive-instructive draman dramoin
translative dramaks dramoikš
inessive dramas dramoiš
elative dramaspäi dramoišpäi
illative dramaha dramoihe
adessive dramal dramoil
ablative dramalpäi dramoilpäi
allative dramale dramoile
abessive dramata dramoita
comitative dramanke dramoidenke
prolative dramadme dramoidme
approximative I dramanno dramoidenno
approximative II dramannoks dramoidennoks
egressive dramannopäi dramoidennopäi
terminative I dramahasai dramoihesai
terminative II dramalesai dramoilesai
terminative III dramassai —
additive I dramahapäi dramoihepäi
additive II dramalepäi dramoilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “драма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drama f (plural dramâu)

  1. drama, play

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
drama ddrama nrama unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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