théâtre

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

IPA^(key): /te.atʁ/, /te.ɑtʁ/
- Paris, France (le théâtre): IPA^(key): [te.atʁ]
(Belgium) and (Swiss) IPA^(key): [teˈaːtʁ̥]
- Brussels, Belgium: IPA^(key): [teˈaːtʀ̥]
- Canton of Valais, Swiss: IPA^(key): [te.ˈɑːtʁ̥]
(Quebec) (standard) IPA^(key): [teˈɑːtʁ̥], (nonstandard) IPA^(key): [teˈɑu̯tʁ̥]
- Montreal, Canada: IPA^(key): [te.ˈɑu̯tʀ̥]
Homophone: théâtres

Noun

théâtre m (plural théâtres)

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

Derived terms

amphithéâtre
coup de théâtre
pièce de théâtre
théâtral

Descendants

→ Persian: تئاتر‎ (te'âtr), تیاتر‎‎ (tiyâtr)
→ Romanian: teatru
→ Russian: теа́тр (teátr), теа́тръ (teátr)
- → Azerbaijani:
  Cyrillic: театр
  Latin: teatr
- → Bashkir: театр (teatr)
- → Buryat: театр (tjeatr)
- → Evenki: театр (teatr)
- → Kalmyk: театр (teatr)
- → Kazakh:
  Arabic: تەاتر‎
  Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
  Latin: teatr
- → Khakas: театр (teatr)
- → Kyrgyz: театр (teatr)
- → Livvi: teatru (nominative, stem teatr-)
- → Mongolian:
  Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
  Mongolian: ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (tiyatr)
- → Southern Altai: театр (teatr)
- → Tajik: театр (teatr)
- → Tatar: театр (teatr)
- → Tuvan: театр (teatr)
- → Uyghur:
  Cyrillic: театр (tëatr)
  Arabic: تىياتىر‎ (tiyatir)
- ⇒ Uyghur:
  Cyrillic: театрхана (tëatrxana)
  Arabic: تىياتىرخانا‎ (tiyatirxana)
- → Uzbek:
  Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
  Latin: teatr
- → Yakut: театр (teatr), тыйаатыр (tıyaatır), тийээтир (tiyeetir)

References

Etymology and history of “théâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.