theatrical

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θiˈæt.ɹɪ.kəl/

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Adjective

theatrical (comparative more theatrical, superlative most theatrical)

1. Of or relating to the theatre.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

2. Fake and exaggerated.
   • 1941 July, “The Armistice Coach”, in Railway Magazine, page 317:

     The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.

Translations

of or relating to the theatre

• Armenian: թատերական (hy) (tʿaterakan)
• Belarusian: тэатра́льны (teatrálʹny)
• Bulgarian: театрален (bg) m (teatralen)
• Catalan: teatral (ca)
• Czech: divadelní (cs)
• Danish: scenisk, teatralsk
• Dutch: theatraal (nl), dramatisch (nl)
• Esperanto: teatra
• Finnish: teatterillinen
• French: théâtral (fr)
• German: theatralisch (de), Theater- (de)
• Greek: θεατρικός (el) (theatrikós)
• Hebrew: תיאטרלי‎ (teatrali)
• Ido: teatrala (io), cenala (io)
• Irish: amharclannach
• Italian: teatrale (it)
• Kazakh: театрлық (teatrlyq)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teatral

• Polish: teatralny (pl)
• Portuguese: teatral (pt)
• Romanian: teatral (ro) m or n
• Russian: театра́льный (ru) (teatrálʹnyj), сцени́ческий (ru) (sceníčeskij)
• Slovak: divadelný
• Spanish: teatral (es)
• Swedish: teatral (sv)
• Ukrainian: театра́льний (teatrálʹnyj)

fake and exaggerated

• Belarusian: тэатра́льны (teatrálʹny)
• Bulgarian: театрален (bg) m (teatralen)
• Catalan: teatral (ca)
• Dutch: dramatisch (nl), theatraal (nl)
• Finnish: teatraalinen (fi)
• German: theatralisch (de), dramatisch (de)
• Italian: teatrale (it), plateale (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teatralsk

  Nynorsk: teatralsk

• Polish: teatralny (pl), aktorski (pl)
• Portuguese: teatral (pt)
• Russian: театра́льный (ru) (teatrálʹnyj), показно́й (ru) (pokaznój), неесте́ственный (ru) (nejestéstvennyj)
• Spanish: teatral (es)
• Swedish: teatralisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: театра́льний (teatrálʹnyj)

Noun

theatrical (plural theatricals)

1. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
2. A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
   • 2005, The Hollywood Reporter, page 61:

     Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.