théâtre

See also: theatre and théatre

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Paris) IPA^(key): /te.ɑtʁ/

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• (Switzerland, Belgium) IPA^(key): [teˈaːtʁ̥]

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• (Switzerland, Canton of Valais; Quebec, standard) IPA^(key): [te.ˈɑːtʁ̥]

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• (Quebec, nonstandard) IPA^(key): [teˈɑu̯tʁ̥]

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Noun

théâtre m (plural théâtres)

1. theatre (venue for performing plays and drama; performing art form)
2. (Missouri, Louisiana) a movie theater

Derived terms

• amphithéâtre
• coup de théâtre
• pièce de théâtre
• théâtral

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: teyat
• → Persian: تئاتر (te'âtr), تیاتر (tiyâtr)
• → Romanian: teatru
• → Russian: теа́тр (teátr), теа́тръ (teátr) — pre-1918 spelling, ѳеа́тръ (feátr), феа́тр (feátr) — archaic
  • → Azerbaijani:

    Cyrillic script: театр

    Latin script: teatr

  • → Bashkir: театр (teatr)
  • → Buryat: театр (tjeatr)
  • → Crimean Tatar: teatr
  • → Evenki: театр (teatr)
  • → Kalmyk: театр (teatr)
  • → Kazakh:

    Arabic script: تەاتر

    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)

    Latin script: teatr

  • → Khakas: театр (teatr)
  • → Kyrgyz: театр (teatr)
  • → Livvi: teatru
  • → Mongolian:

    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)

    Mongolian script: ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (tiyatr)

  • → Southern Altai: театр (teatr)
  • → Tajik: театр (teatr)
  • → Tatar: театр (teatr)
  • → Tuvan: театр (teatr)
  • → Uyghur:

    Cyrillic script: театр (tëatr)

    Arabic script: تىياتىر (tiyatir)

  • ⇒ Uyghur:

    Cyrillic script: театрхана (tëatrxana)

    Arabic script: تىياتىرخانا (tiyatirxana)

  • → Uzbek:

    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)

    Latin script: teatr

  • → Yakut: театр (teatr), тыйаатыр (tïyaatïr), тийээтир (tiyeetir)
• → Swedish: teater (partially derived from French)

References

• Etymology and history of “théâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

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