stage fright

English

Etymology

stage + fright

Noun

stage fright (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; uncertainty; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.

   I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation.

Translations

state of nervousness about performing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怯場 (cmn), 怯场 (cmn) (qièchǎng)

• Czech: tréma (cs) f
• Finnish: ramppikuume (fi)
• French: trac (fr) m
• German: Lampenfieber (de) n, Rampenfieber (de) n
• Icelandic: sviðsskrekkur (is) m
• Japanese: 舞台負け (ja) (ぶたいまけ, butai-make)
• Macedonian: трема (mk) (tréma) f

• Polish: trema (pl) f
• Russian: страх сцены (ru) (strax scény) m, боязнь сцены (ru) (bojázn’ scény) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ireapais (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трема (sh) f

  Roman: trema (sh) f

• Spanish: miedo escénico (es) m
• Swedish: scenskräck (sv) c

See also

• performance anxiety