backstage

== English == === Etymology === From back +‎ stage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒ === Adjective === backstage (not comparable) Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage. Secret, concealed from the public. ==== Derived terms ==== backstage Johnny backstage pass backstager ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage) Towards the area behind the stage. Out of view of the public. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === backstage (plural backstages) The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === back gates, backgates == Finnish == === Etymology === < English backstage === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbækstei̯dʒ/, [ˈbæks̠te̞i̯dʒ] IPA(key): /ˈbɑkstɑɡe/, [ˈbɑ̝ks̠tɑ̝ɡe̞] IPA(key): /ˈbækstɑɡe/, [ˈbæks̠tɑ̝ɡe̞] Rhymes: -æksteidʒ === Noun === backstage (slang) backstage (area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show) Synonyms: takahuone, bäkkäri ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English backstage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛksˈtejd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ejdʒ === Noun === backstage m (invariable) backstage Synonym: retroscena == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English backstage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baɡsˈteit͡ʃ/ [baɣ̞sˈt̪ei̯t͡ʃ] Rhymes: -eitʃ === Noun === backstage m (plural backstages) backstage ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “backstage”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025