amphitheatre

amphitheatre

See also: amphitheater and amphithéâtre

English

An amphitheatre.

Etymology

From Latin amphitheatrum, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæmfiˌθɪətə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæmfəˌθiːjətɚ/

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Noun

amphitheatre (plural amphitheatres)

1. (Britain) An open, outdoor theatre, especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece.

   Ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.

Derived terms

• amphitheatric
• amphitheatrical

Related terms

• amphitheater

Translations

an open, outdoor theatre

Arabic: مُدَرَّج‎ m (mudarraj) Azerbaijani: amfiteatr Bulgarian: амфитеатър m (amfiteátǎr) Catalan: amfiteatre (ca) m Czech: amfiteátr (cs) m Danish: amfiteater (da) n Finnish: amfiteatteri (fi), ulkoilmateatteri (fi) French: amphithéâtre (fr) m German: Amphitheater (de) n Greek: αμφιθέατρο (el) n (amfithéatro) Hebrew: אמפיתאטרון‎ (he) (amfiteatrón) Hungarian: amfiteátrum (hu), körszínház (hu) Italian: anfiteatro (it) m

Norwegian: Bokmål: amfiteater (no) n Nynorsk: amfiteater n Polish: amfiteatr (pl) m Portuguese: anfiteatro m Russian: амфитеа́тр (ru) m (amfiteátr) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: амфитѐа̄тар m Roman: amfitèātar (sh) m Spanish: anfiteatro (es) m Swedish: amfiteater (sv) c Thai: ทวิอัฒจันทร์ (tá-wí-àt-tá-jan) Welsh: amchwaraefa f

Further reading

• amphitheatre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amphitheater