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See also: Drama, dráma, dràma, dramă, dramą, and Dramą

English

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Etymology

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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.

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drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)

  2. (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
    The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
  4. (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
  6. (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
  8. (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
    After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
    • 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com‎[2], CNN, retrieved 8 July 2018:
      Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.
  10. (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.

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  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

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    drama m (plural drames)

    1. drama (theatrical and media genre)
    2. drama (theatrical plays in general)
    3. drama (difficult situation)
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      Noun

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      drama f (plural drames)

      1. obsolete spelling of dracma

      Cebuano

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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      • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

      Noun

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      drama

      1. a theatrical play; a skit
      2. a radio drama
      3. a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy
      4. an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive
      5. (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance

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      drama

      1. to be emotional or sentimental
      2. to put on an act

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      For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin drama.

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      • IPA(key): [ˈdrama]
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      • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

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      drama n

      1. drama (composition intended for actors)

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      Declension of drama (ma-stem neuter)
      singular plural
      nominative drama dramata
      genitive dramatu dramat
      dative dramatu dramatům
      accusative drama dramata
      vocative drama dramata
      locative dramatu dramatech
      instrumental dramatem dramaty
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      Danish

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      Etymology

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      From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

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      drama n (singular definite dramaet, plural indefinite dramaer)

      1. drama

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      Declension of drama
      neuter
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative drama dramaet dramaer dramaerne
      genitive dramas dramaets dramaers dramaernes

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      Dutch

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

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      drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)

      1. drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting)
      2. something tragic, a tragedy

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      Icelandic

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      drama n (genitive singular drama, nominative plural drömu)

      1. drama

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      Declension of drama (neuter)
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative drama dramað drömu drömun
      accusative drama dramað drömu drömun
      dative drama dramanu drömum drömunum
      genitive drama dramans drama dramanna

      Indonesian

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      Etymology

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      From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama.

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      drama (plural drama-drama)

      1. drama:
        1. a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
        2. theatrical plays in general
          Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil
      2. (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury
        Synonym: tragedi

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      Irish

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      drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

      1. Cois Fharraige form of dráma

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      Declension of drama (fourth declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative drama dramaí
      vocative a dhrama a dhramaí
      genitive drama dramaí
      dative drama dramaí
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an drama na dramaí
      genitive an drama na ndramaí
      dative leis an drama
      don drama       		leis na dramaí

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      Mutated forms of drama
      radical lenition eclipsis
      drama dhrama ndrama

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Latin

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

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      Noun

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      drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension

      1. drama, play

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      Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

      singular plural
      nominative drāma drāmata
      genitive drāmatis drāmatum
      dative drāmatī drāmatibus
      accusative drāma drāmata
      ablative drāmate drāmatibus
      vocative drāma drāmata

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      References

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      • “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

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      Etymology

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      Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.

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      drama f

      1. dramatic art
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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Etymology

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      From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

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      drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene)

      1. a drama

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Etymology

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      From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

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      drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)

      1. (countable or uncountable) a drama

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      Historical inflection of drama
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      1982 drama, dramaa [dramai]
      2012 (current) drama dramaet drama dramaa
      • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
      • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.

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      Old Galician-Portuguese

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      Etymology

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      From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420.

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      drama f (plural dramas)

      1. drachma
        • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:
          filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.
          take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

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      • 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

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).[1] First attested in 1728.[2] Doublet of dramat.

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      drama f

      1. (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
      2. (literary, theater) drama (type of play)
        Synonym: dramat
      3. (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)
      4. (colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)

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      Declension of drama
      singular plural
      nominative drama dramy
      genitive dramy dram
      dative dramie dramom
      accusative dramę dramy
      instrumental dramą dramami
      locative dramie dramach
      vocative dramo dramy

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      1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “drama”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
      2. ^ Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019), “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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      From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”). Doublet of dorama.

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      • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
      • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

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      drama m (plural dramas)

      1. drama (composition)
      2. drama (theatrical play)
      3. drama (dramatic situation), big deal, fuss, scene
        Para de fazer drama. ― Stop making a scene.

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      drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

      1. alternative form of dram

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      drama

      1. genitive singular of dram

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      • IPA(key): /drâma/
      • Hyphenation: dra‧ma

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      drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)

      1. drama

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      Declension of drama
      singular plural
      nominative drȁma drame
      genitive drame drȃmā
      dative drami dramama
      accusative dramu drame
      vocative dramo drame
      locative drami dramama
      instrumental dramom dramama

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

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      • IPA(key): /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ma]
      • Rhymes: -ama
      • Syllabification: dra‧ma

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      drama m (plural dramas)

      1. drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
      2. drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)
        Synonym: tragedia
      3. drama (theatre studies)
        Synonym: teatro
      4. play (work of theatre)
        Synonym: obra
      5. big deal, fuss, scene
        Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena

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      Swahili

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English drama.

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      drama class IX (plural drama class X)

      1. drama

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      drama n

      1. a drama

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      Declension of drama
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite drama dramas
      definite dramat dramats
      plural indefinite dramer dramers
      definite dramerna dramernas

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      Tagalog

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      Borrowed from Spanish drama.

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      drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ)

      1. drama; stage play
        Synonym: dula
      2. theatrics; histrionics
        Synonym: kaartehan

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      Veps

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).

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      drama

      1. drama (theatre)

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      Inflection of drama (inflection type 5/sana)
      nominative sing. drama
      genitive sing. draman
      partitive sing. dramad
      partitive plur. dramoid
      singular plural
      nominative drama dramad
      accusative draman dramad
      genitive draman dramoiden
      partitive dramad dramoid
      essive-instructive draman dramoin
      translative dramaks dramoikš
      inessive dramas dramoiš
      elative dramaspäi dramoišpäi
      illative dramaha dramoihe
      adessive dramal dramoil
      ablative dramalpäi dramoilpäi
      allative dramale dramoile
      abessive dramata dramoita
      comitative dramanke dramoidenke
      prolative dramadme dramoidme
      approximative I dramanno dramoidenno
      approximative II dramannoks dramoidennoks
      egressive dramannopäi dramoidennopäi
      terminative I dramahasai dramoihesai
      terminative II dramalesai dramoilesai
      terminative III dramassai —
      additive I dramahapäi dramoihepäi
      additive II dramalepäi dramoilepäi

      References

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      • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “драма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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      drama f (plural dramâu)

      1. drama, play

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      Mutated forms of drama
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      drama ddrama nrama unchanged

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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