toneel

Dutch (Brabantic)

/toːˈneːl/

noun
Definitions
  • stage, scene, place for a performance in front of an assembled audience
  • scene, depiction on stage often in the diminutive or part of a performance
  • used absolutely, with definite article: het toneel theatre, the dramatical arts
  • (figuratively) theatre, site where something (a crime, battle...) happens

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch tineel derived from Old French tinel.

Origin

Old French

tinel

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