teater

From Dutch theater, from Middle French théâtre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”).

• IPA^(key): /tɪə̯ˈɑː.tər/

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teater (plural teaters)

1. theatre

From Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).

• IPA^(key): /teatər/, [tˢeˈaˀd̥ɐ]

teater n (singular definite teatret or teateret, plural indefinite teatre)

1. theater, theatre

• teater on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From German Theater.

teater (genitive teatri, partitive teatrit)

1. theater, theatre

• nukuteater

• “teater”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “teater”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “teater”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• teater in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Dutch theater, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Cognate of Afrikaans teater.

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈatər]
• Rhymes: -tər, -ər, -r
• Hyphenation: tè‧a‧têr

teater (plural teater-teater, first-person possessive teaterku, second-person possessive teatermu, third-person possessive teaternya)

1. theater, theatre
   1. a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
   2. a lecture theatre.
   3. drama or performance as a profession or art form.

      Synonyms: drama, sandiwara, tonil

• “teater” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• Téjaater (Eupen)

From Old French theatre (modern théâtre) or Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “I see, watch, observe”).

• IPA^(key): [tɪ˧ˈjaː˨təʁ]

teater n

1. theatre
2. nonsense

Borrowed from English theater.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tjəˈtə(r)/, [t̪jəˈt̪ə(r)]
• (Northern Peninsular Malay, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /tjəˈtər/, [t̪jəˈt̪ər]
• Hyphenation: te‧a‧ter

téater (Jawi spelling تياتر, plural teater-teater, informal 1st possessive teaterku, 2nd possessive teatermu, 3rd possessive teaternya)

1. theatre; theater

   Synonym: panggung wayang

• “teater” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From French théâtre (“theatre”), from Middle French theatre (“theatre”), from Old French theatre, teatre (“theatre”), from Latin theātrum (“theatre”), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “theatre, gathering place; play, spectacle”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, watch, observe”) (with the suffix -τρον (-tron), from Proto-Hellenic *-tron, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom, from *-tḗr), possibly from Proto-Hellenic *θᾱϝέομαι, *θᾱϝέομαι, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂u-.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈɑːtər/
• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: te‧a‧ter

teater n (definite singular teateret / teatret, indefinite plural teater / teatre, definite plural teatra / teatrene)

1. theatre, theater (US)

• dukketeater
• teaterstykke

teater n (definite singular teateret, indefinite plural teater, definite plural teatera)

1. theatre, theater (US)

• teaterstykke

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teater c

1. theatre (art form)
2. a theatre (building or institution)

• teater in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)