master of ceremonies

English

Noun

master of ceremonies (plural masters of ceremonies)

1. Someone who acts as a host at a formal event.

   Synonyms: compere, host, presenter, toastmaster, MC

2. Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.

   Synonyms: interlocuter, MC

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.

3. (rap music) A rapper.

   Synonyms: emcee, MC

Translations

host at a formal event

• Armenian: սեղանապետ (hy) (seġanapet), թամադա (hy) (tʻamada)
• Catalan: mestre de cerimònies m, mestra de cerimònies f, cerimonier m, cerimoniera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主持人 (zh) (zhǔchírén), 司儀／司仪 (zh) (sīyí), 司仪 (zh) (sīyí)

• Danish: ceremonimester c
• Dutch: ceremoniemeester (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: juhlamestari, seremoniamestari (fi)
• French: maître de cérémonie (fr)
• Georgian: თამადა (ka) (tamada)
• German: Zeremonienmeister (de) m, Conférencier (de) m
• Italian: cerimoniere m, accompagnatore (it) m, maestro di cerimonie m, cicerone (it) m
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: dissignātor m
• Manx: ard-yesheyder m
• Norwegian: konferansier m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: maestru de ceremonie (ro) m, maestru de ceremonii (ro) m
• Russian: церемониме́йстер m (ceremoniméjster), распоряди́тель (ru) m (rasporjadítelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ча̏ӯш m

  Roman: čȁūš (sh) m

• Swedish: ceremonimästare c
• Turkish: seremoni lideri
• Vietnamese: người dẫn chương trình (vi)

someone who conducts a program by introducing performers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主持人 (zh) (zhǔchírén), 司儀／司仪 (zh) (sīyí), 司仪 (zh) (sīyí)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: juontaja (fi)
• French: maître de cérémonie (fr)
• German: Showmaster (de) m, Moderator (de) m, Ansager (de) m, Conférencier (de) m, Präsentator m
• Greek: παρουσιαστής (el) m (parousiastís)
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• Hungarian: szertartásmester, konferanszié (hu)
• Italian: presentatore (it) m, presentatrice (it) f
• Manx: fer y thie m
• Polish: mistrz ceremonii m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: веду́щий (ru) m (vedúščij)
• Spanish: animador (es) m, maestro de ceremonias m, presentador m
• Swedish: konferencier (sv) c
• Turkish: seremoni lideri

rapper

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 說唱歌手／说唱歌手 (shuōchàng gēshǒu), 说唱歌手 (shuōchàng gēshǒu)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: MC (fi)
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• French: MC (fr)
• Polish: emce m, emsi m, MC (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: MC (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} cerimoniere m
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See also

• mistress of ceremonies

Further reading

• master of ceremonies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia