drama
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈdraː.maː/
noun
Definitions
- drama theatrical work, anything involving play acting.
- Something tragic, a tragedy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin drāma derived from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (a theatrical act, an act, a play).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δρᾶμα
Gloss
a theatrical act, an act, a play
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drama English
- draama Finnish
- drama Latin
- drāma Latin
- Drama German
- dráma Hungarian
- dramma Italian
- dramaticus Dutch, Flemish
- дра́ма Russian
- δράω Ancient Greek
- δρᾶμα Ancient Greek
- μέλος Ancient Greek
- drama Norwegian Bokmål
- drama Norwegian Nynorsk
- dráma Irish
- dramo Esperanto
- drama Catalan, Valencian
- δράμα Greek (modern)
- דרמה Hebrew (modern)
- დრამა Georgian