drama

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). Doublet of dorama. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑːmə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑmə/ (Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈdɹæmə/ (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪmə/ Hyphenation: dra‧ma Rhymes: -ɑːmə === Noun === drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata) (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue. (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy. (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general. (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play. (slang, uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:drama ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā) Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma) → Cebuano: drama → Hindustani: Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā) Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā) → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama) → Korean: 드라마 (deurama) → Malay: drama → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Madar, damar == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈdɾa.mə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdɾa.ma] Rhymes: -ama Hyphenation: dra‧ma === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). ==== Noun ==== drama m (plural drames) drama (theatrical and media genre) drama (theatrical plays in general) drama (difficult situation) ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== “drama”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== drama f (plural drames) obsolete spelling of dracma == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from English drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: dra‧ma === Noun === drama a theatrical play; a skit a radio drama a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance === Verb === drama to be emotional or sentimental to put on an act === Quotations === For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin drama. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdrama] Hyphenation: dra‧ma === Noun === drama n drama (composition intended for actors) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “drama”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “drama”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). === Noun === drama n (singular definite dramaet, plural indefinite dramaer) drama ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dramatiker dramatisk === References === “drama” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdraː.maː/ Hyphenation: dra‧ma Rhymes: -aːmaː === Noun === drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n) drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting) something tragic, a tragedy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dramaturg ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: drama === Further reading === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “drama”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001 “drama” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtraːma/ Rhymes: -aːma === Noun === drama n (genitive singular drama, nominative plural drömu) drama ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdrama/ [ˈdra.ma] Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: dra‧ma === Noun === drama (plural drama-drama) drama: a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue theatrical plays in general Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury Synonym: tragedi ==== Affixed terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “drama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠamˠə/ === Noun === drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí) Cois Fharraige form of dráma ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdraː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdraː.ma] === Noun === drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension drama, play ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== → Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma) → Catalan: drama → Czech: drama → Dutch: drama→ Indonesian: drama → English: drama→ Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)→ Cebuano: drama→ Hindustani:Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā)→ Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)→ Korean: 드라마 (deurama)→ Malay: drama→ Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā) → Finnish: draama → French: drame → German: Drama → Hungarian: dráma → Icelandic: drama → Irish: dráma → Macedonian: драма (drama) → Norwegian: drama → Polish: dramat → Portuguese: drama → Romanian: dramă → Russian: дра́ма (dráma) → Serbo-Croatian: дра̏ма / drȁma → Spanish: drama → Swedish: drama → Ukrainian: дра́ма (dráma) → Welsh: drama → Yiddish: דראַמע (drame) (through some Romance language) === References === “drama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "drama", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “drama”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “drama”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers drama in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Maltese == === Etymology === Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdraː.ma/ Rhymes: -aːma === Noun === drama f dramatic art ==== Related terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”). === Noun === drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene) a drama ==== Derived terms ==== gisseldrama melodrama ==== Related terms ==== dramatikk === References === “drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdrɑːmɑ/ === Noun === drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa) (countable or uncountable) a drama ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gisseldrama melodrama ==== Related terms ==== dramatikk === References === “drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420. === Noun === drama f (plural dramas) drachma === Further reading === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “drama”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdra.ma/ Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: dra‧ma Homophone: Drama === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French drame, borrowed from Latin drāma, borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”). First attested in c. 17th century. Doublet of dramat. ==== Noun ==== drama f or (obsolete) n (drama) drama (composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue) Synonym: dramat (literary, theater) drama (type of play) Synonym: dramat (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role) (colloquial, slang) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play) Near-synonyms: afera, awantura ===== Declension ===== Feminine (contemporary): Neuter, indeclinable in the singular and declining like *dramatum in the plural (obsolete): ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== drama genitive singular of dram === References === === Further reading === “drama”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “drama”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) Wiesław Morawski (13 June 2019), “*DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 521 Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 250 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 550 Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “drama”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[6], 4. online edition, Warszawa drama at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”). Doublet of dorama. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐmɐ Hyphenation: dra‧ma === Noun === drama m (plural dramas) drama (composition) drama (theatrical play) drama (dramatic situation), big deal, fuss, scene Para de fazer drama. ― Stop making a scene. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “drama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “drama”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “drama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾamə/ === Noun === drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean) alternative form of dram === Noun === drama genitive singular of dram == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /drâma/ Hyphenation: dra‧ma === Noun === drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма) drama ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ma] Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: dra‧ma === Noun === drama m (plural dramas) drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre) drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions) Synonym: tragedia drama (theatre studies) Synonym: teatro play (work of theatre) Synonym: obra big deal, fuss, scene Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “drama”, 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 == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English drama. === Pronunciation === === Noun === drama class IX (plural drama class X) drama == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === drama n a drama ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dramatiker dramatisk dramaturg dramaturgi === References === “drama”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “drama”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “drama”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === ramad == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish drama. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾaː.mɐ] Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: dra‧ma === Noun === drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ) drama; stage play Synonym: dula theatrics; histrionics Synonym: kaartehan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Veps == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma). === Noun === drama drama (theatre) ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “драма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika == Welsh == === Etymology === From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrama/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdra(ː)ma/ === Noun === drama f (plural dramâu) drama, play === Mutation ===