théâtre

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See also: theatre and théatre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).

Pronunciation

(Paris) IPA^(key): /te.ɑtʁ/
- Audio; “le théâtre”: (file)
(Switzerland, Belgium) IPA^(key):
- Audio (Brussels): (file)
(Switzerland, Canton of Valais; Quebec, standard) IPA^(key):
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(Quebec, nonstandard) IPA^(key):
- Audio (Montreal): (file)
Homophone: théâtres

Noun

théâtre m (plural théâtres)

theatre (venue for performing plays and drama)
(Missouri, Louisiana) a movie theater

Derived terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: teyat
→ Persian: تئاتر (te'âtr), تیاتر (tiyâtr)
→ Romanian: teatru
→ Russian: теа́тр (teátr), теа́тръ (teátr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), ѳеа́тръ (feátr), феа́тр (feátr) — archaic
- → Azerbaijani:
  Cyrillic script: театр
  Latin script: teatr
- → Bashkir: театр (teatr)
- → Buryat: театр (tjeatr)
- → Evenki: театр (teatr)
- → Kalmyk: театр (teatr)
- → Kazakh:
  Arabic script: تەاتر
  Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
  Latin script: teatr
- → Khakas: театр (teatr)
- → Kyrgyz: театр (teatr)
- → Livvi: teatru
- → Mongolian:
  Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
  Mongolian script: ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (tiyatr)
- → Southern Altai: театр (teatr)
- → Tajik: театр (teatr)
- → Tatar: театр (teatr)
- → Tuvan: театр (teatr)
- → Uyghur:
  Cyrillic script: театр (tëatr)
  Arabic script: تىياتىر (tiyatir)
- ⇒ Uyghur:
  Cyrillic script: театрхана (tëatrxana)
  Arabic script: تىياتىرخانا (tiyatirxana)
- → Uzbek:
  Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
  Latin script: teatr
- → Yakut: театр (teatr), тыйаатыр (tıyaatır), тийээтир (tiyeetir)

References

Etymology and history of “théâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Further reading

“théâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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