dramaturge

English

Etymology

• Definition 1: Borrowed from French dramaturge.
• Definition 2: Borrowed from German Dramaturg.

Noun

dramaturge (plural dramaturges)

1. (rare, often called dramaturgist) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
2. (rare, often called dramaturg) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.

Related terms

• dramaturgy
• dramaturgic
• dramaturgical
• dramaturgically
• dramaturgist

Translations

playwright

• Finnish: näytelmäkirjailija
• French: dramaturge (fr)
• German: Bühnenautor m, Dramatiker (de) m, Schauspieldichter, Stückeschreiber
• Greek: δραματουργός (el) m or f (dramatourgós)
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• Romanian: dramaturg (ro)
• Spanish: dramaturgo (es) m
• Volapük: (epicene) dramatavan (vo), (male) hidramatavan, (female) hidramatavan

literary adviser or editor

• Czech: dramaturg m
• Finnish: dramaturgi (fi)
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• German: Dramaturg (de) m, Dramaturgin f
• Hebrew: מחזאי (he) m (makhazai), מחזאית f (makhazayt)

Further reading

• “dramaturge”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁa.ma.tyʁʒ/

Noun

dramaturge m or f (plural dramaturges)

1. (theater) playwright (writer of plays for the theatre)

Related terms

• dramaturgie
• dramaturgique

Further reading

• “dramaturge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.