drama

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

English

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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑːmə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑmə/
(Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæmə/
(obsolete, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪmə/[1]
Hyphenation: dra‧ma
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Noun

drama (usually uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)

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.
Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
Theatrical plays in general
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.
(slang) 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.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:drama

Derived terms

bonnet drama
closet drama
costume drama
crunchy-gravel drama
daytime drama
drama documentary
drama king
drama llama
drama queen
drama queenish
drama queenism
dramatic
dramatical
dramatically
dramaticity
dramatics
dramatism
dramatist
dramatization
dramatize
dramystery
e-drama
high drama
J-drama
Karpman drama triangle
K-drama
melodrama
period drama
save the drama for your mama
teen drama

Descendants

→ Arabic: دْرَامَا‎ (drāmā)
- Gulf Arabic: دْراما‎ (drāma)
→ Cebuano: drama
→ Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
→ Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
→ Malay: drama

Translations

composition

Arabic: دْرَامَا‎ f (drāmā), مَسْرَحِيَّة‎ f (masraḥiyya)
Assamese: ভাওনা (bhaüna), নাট (nat)
Catalan: drama (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戲劇／戏剧 (zh) (xìjù)
Czech: drama (cs) n
Danish: drama n
Dutch: drama (nl) n
Esperanto: dramo
Finnish: draama (fi)
French: drame (fr) m
Georgian: დრამა (ka) (drama), პიესა (ṗiesa)
German: Drama (de) m
Greek: δράμα (el) n (dráma)
Hindi: नाटक (hi) (nāṭak), ड्रामा (hi) m (ḍrāmā)
Hungarian: dráma (hu)
Ido: dramato (io)
Indonesian: drama (id)
Irish: dráma m
Italian: dramma (it)
Japanese: 劇 (ja) (げき, geki), 演戯 (えんげき, engeki), ドラマ (ja) (dorama), 芝居 (ja) (しばい, shibai)
Malayalam: നാടകം (ml) (nāṭakaṃ)
Nepali: नाटक (ne) (nāṭak), ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drama (no) n
Nynorsk: drama n
Polish: dramat (pl) m
Portuguese: drama (pt) m
Romanian: dramă (ro) f
Russian: дра́ма (ru) f (dráma), пье́са (ru) f (pʹjésa) (play, piece)
Scottish Gaelic: dràma m
Spanish: drama (es) m, obra teatral f
Swedish: drama (sv) n
Telugu: నాటకం (te) (nāṭakaṁ)
Vietnamese: kịch (vi)
Yiddish: דראַמע‎ f (drame)

brought through the media

Arabic: مُسَلْسَل‎ m (musalsal)
Gulf Arabic: مسلسل‎ f (musalsal), دراما‎ f (drāma)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電視連續劇／电视连续剧 (diànshì liánxùjù) (TV), 電視劇／电视剧 (zh) (diànshìjù) (TV), 連續劇／连续剧 (zh) (liánxùjù)
Danish: drama n
Dutch: drama (nl) n
Finnish: draama (fi)
Greek: δράμα (el) n (dráma)
Hindi: नाटक (hi) (nāṭak), ड्रामा (hi) m (ḍrāmā)
Hungarian: dráma (hu)
Indonesian: drama (id)
Irish: dráma m
Japanese: ドラマ (ja) (dorama)
Korean: 드라마 (ko) (deurama)
Malay: drama
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drama (no) n
Nynorsk: drama n
Polish: dramat (pl) m
Portuguese: drama (pt) m
Russian: дра́ма (ru) f (dráma), сериа́л (ru) m (seriál), телесериа́л (ru) m (teleseriál) (TV)
Scottish Gaelic: dràma m
Swedish: drama (sv) n
Vietnamese: phim truyền hình, phim bộ

theatrical plays

Albanian: dramë (sq) f
Arabic: دْرَامَا‎ f (drāmā), مَسْرَحِيَّة‎ f (masraḥiyya)
Armenian: դրամա (hy) (drama)
Azerbaijani: drama
Belarusian: дра́ма f (dráma), п'е́са f (pʺjésa)
Bulgarian: дра́ма f (dráma), пие́са f (piésa)
Burmese: ဒရာမာ (da.rama), ပြဇာတ် (my) (pra.jat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戲劇／戏剧 (zh) (xìjù)
Czech: drama (cs) n
Danish: drama n
Dutch: drama (nl) n, toneelstuk (nl) n, theateropvoering f
Estonian: draama
Finnish: draama (fi)
French: drame (fr) m
Georgian: დრამა (ka) (drama)
German: Drama (de) m, Schauspiel (de) n
Greek: δράμα (el) n (dráma)
Hebrew: דְרָמָה‎ (he) f (dráma)
Hindi: नाटक (hi) m (nāṭak), ड्रामा (hi) m (ḍrāmā)
Hungarian: dráma (hu)
Indonesian: drama (id)
Irish: dráma m, drámaíocht f
Japanese: ドラマ (ja) (dorama), 芝居 (ja) (しばい, shibai), 演戯 (えんぎ, engi)
Kazakh: драма (kk) (drama)
Khmer: ល្ខោន (km) (lkhaon)
Korean: 드라마 (ko) (deurama), 연극(演劇) (ko) (yeon'geuk)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: drama (ku)
Kyrgyz: драма (ky) (drama)
Lao: ລະຄອນ (la khǭn)
Latvian: drāma f
Lithuanian: drama (lt) f
Macedonian: драма f (drama)
Malay: drama
Malayalam: നാടകം (ml) (nāṭakaṃ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: драм (mn) (dram)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drama (no) n, dramatikk m
Nynorsk: drama n, dramatikk m
Pashto: ډرام‎ m (ḍrām)
Persian: درام‎ (fa) (derâm)
Polish: dramat (pl) m
Portuguese: drama (pt) m
Romanian: dramă (ro) f
Russian: дра́ма (ru) f (dráma), пье́са (ru) f (pʹjésa)
Scottish Gaelic: dràma m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дра̏ма f
Roman: drȁma (sh) f
Slovak: dráma f
Slovene: drama (sl) f
Spanish: drama (es) m, obra teatral f
Swahili: tamthilia (sw)
Swedish: drama (sv) n
Tajik: драма (drama)
Telugu: నాటకం (te) (nāṭakaṁ)
Thai: ละคร (th) (lá-kɔɔn)
Turkish: drama (tr)
Turkmen: drama
Ukrainian: дра́ма f (dráma), п'є́са (uk) f (pʺjésa)
Urdu: ناٹَک‎ m (nāṭak), ڈراما‎ m (ḍrāmā)
Uzbek: drama (uz)
Vietnamese: kịch (vi), tuồng (vi)
Volapük: dramat (vo)

dramatic situation

Arabic:
Gulf Arabic: دراما‎ f (drāma)
Danish: drama n
Dutch: drama (nl) n
Finnish: draama (fi)
French: drame (fr) m
Georgian: დრამა (ka) (drama)
Greek: δράμα (el) n (dráma)
Hebrew: דְרָמָה‎ (he) f (dráma)
Hindi: नाटक (hi) m (nāṭak), ड्रामा (hi) m (ḍrāmā)
Hungarian: dráma (hu)
Japanese: ドラマ (ja) (dorama)
Malayalam: നാടകം (ml) (nāṭakaṃ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drama (no) n, dramatikk m
Nynorsk: drama n, dramatikk m
Polish: dramat (pl) m
Portuguese: drama (pt) m
Romanian: dramă (ro) f
Russian: дра́ма (ru) f (dráma)
Spanish: drama (es) m
Swedish: drama (sv) n

References

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

Anagrams

Madar, damar

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.mə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.ma/

Etymology 1

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)

drama (theatrical and media genre)
drama (theatrical plays in general)
drama (difficult situation)

Related terms

dramàs
dramàtic
dramatisme
dramaturg
dramet
drameta
drametxo
dramot
melodrama

References

“drama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

drama f (plural drames)

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

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

Verb

drama

to be emotional or sentimental
to put on an act

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin drama.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdrama]
Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama n

drama (composition intended for actors)

Declension

Declension of drama

	singular	plural
nominative	drama	dramata
genitive	dramatu	dramat
dative	dramatu	dramatům
accusative	drama	dramata
vocative	drama	dramata
locative	dramatu	dramatech
instrumental	dramatem	dramaty

Related terms

dramatický m
dramatik m
dramatizovat
dramaturg m
dramaturgie f

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.maː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: dra‧ma
Rhymes: -aːmaː

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

docudrama
dramaserie
dramaticus
dramatiek
dramatisch
gezinsdrama

Related terms

dramaturg

Descendants

→ Indonesian: drama

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtraːma/
Rhymes: -aːma

Noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, no plural)

drama

Declension

declension of drama

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdrama]
Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

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

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
(colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
Synonym: tragedi

Affixed terms

pendramaan

Related terms

dramatis

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠamˠə/

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]

Noun

drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension

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

→ Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma)
→ Catalan: drama
→ Czech: drama
→ Dutch: drama
- → Indonesian: drama
→ English: drama
- → Arabic: دْرَامَا‎ (drāmā)
  - Gulf Arabic: دْراما‎ (drāma)
- → Cebuano: drama
- → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
- → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
- → Malay: drama
→ Finnish: draama
→ French: drame
→ German: Drama
→ Hungarian: dráma
→ Icelandic: drama
→ Irish: dráma
→ Macedonian: драма (drama)
→ Norwegian: drama
→ Polish: dramat
→ Portuguese: drama
→ Romanian: dramă
→ Russian: дра́ма (dráma)
→ Serbo-Croatian: дра̏ма / drȁma
→ Spanish: drama
→ Swedish: drama
→ Ukrainian: дра́ма (dráma)
→ Welsh: drama
→ Yiddish: דראַמע‎ (drame) (through some Romance language)

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Etymology

Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.ma/

Noun

drama f

dramatic art

Related terms

ddrammatizza
dramm
drammatikament
drammatiku
drammaturgu

Norwegian Bokmål

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)

a drama

Derived terms

gisseldrama
melodrama

Related terms

dramatikk

References

“drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑːmɑ/

Noun

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

(countable or uncountable) a drama

Inflection

Historical inflection of drama

		indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
1982					drama, dramaa [dramai]
2012 (current)		drama	dramaet	drama	dramaa

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

Derived terms

gisseldrama
melodrama

Related terms

dramatikk

References

“drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɐ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɐ.mɐ/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
Hyphenation: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

drama (composition)
drama (theatrical play)
drama (dramatic situation)

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾamə/

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

Alternative form of dràm

Noun

drama

genitive singular of dràm

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)

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/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ma]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: dra‧ma

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

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

Hyponyms

docudrama
melodrama

Derived terms

dramón
eurodrama
reina del drama (“drama queen”)

Related terms

dramatizar

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

drama (n class, plural drama)

drama

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

drama n

a drama

Declension

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

Related terms

dramatiker
dramatisk
dramaturg
dramaturgi

Anagrams

ramad

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish drama.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: dra‧ma

IPA^(key): /ˈdɾama/, [ˈdɾa.mɐ]

Noun

drama

drama; stage play
Synonym: dula
theatrics; histrionics
Synonym: kaartehan

Derived terms

magdrama
pagdadrama
pandrama

Related terms

dramatiko

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).

Noun

drama

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

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdrama/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdra(ː)ma/
Audio (file)

Noun

drama f (plural dramâu)

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.

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

drama

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Quotations

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Declension

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