kabuki

== English == === Alternative forms === Kabuki === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /kəˈbuːki/ (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈbuːkiː/ Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧ki Rhymes: -uːki === Noun === kabuki (uncountable) (often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies. (US, figuratively, by extension) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === kabuki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Kubiak == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.by.ki/, /ka.bu.ki/ === Noun === kabuki m (plural kabukis) kabuki === Further reading === “kabuki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈbuki/ Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧ki === Noun === kabuki (plural kabuki-kabuki) (art, drama) kabuki === Further reading === “kabuki”, 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 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈbu.ki/ Rhymes: -uki Hyphenation: ka‧bù‧ki === Noun === kabuki m (uncountable) kabuki (Japanese theatrical genre) === Adjective === kabuki (invariable) (relational) kabuki === Further reading === kabuki in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana kabuki in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication == Japanese == === Romanization === kabuki Rōmaji transcription of かぶき == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈbu.ki/ Rhymes: -uki Syllabification: ka‧bu‧ki === Noun === kabuki n (indeclinable) kabuki (form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies) === Further reading === “kabuki”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish) kabuki in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cabúqui === Etymology === Borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Noun === kabuki m (uncountable) kabuki (form of Japanese theatre) === Further reading === “kabuki”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kabuki or French kabuki, from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Noun === kabuki n (uncountable) kabuki ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈbuki/ [kaˈβ̞u.ki] Rhymes: -uki Syllabification: ka‧bu‧ki === Noun === kabuki m (plural kabukis) kabuki === Adjective === kabuki (invariable) (relational) kabuki === Further reading === “kabuki”, 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