different between cabal vs theatre

English

Etymology

From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala , which in turn is derived from Hebrew ????????? (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b??l/, /k??bæl/

Noun

cabal (plural cabals)

1. (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

   Synonym: camarilla

2. A secret plot.

   Synonym: conspiracy

3. An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
   • 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia

     Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.

Derived terms

• cabalistic
• cabbalistic
• TINC (“there is no cabal”)

Translations

Verb

cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)

1. To engage in the activities of a cabal.

References

See also

• cabal glass

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin cap?lis, from Latin capit?lis. Equivalent to cap +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?bal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (masculine and feminine plural cabals)

1. complete, total
2. upright, well-rounded

Noun

cabal m (plural cabals)

1. goods, possessions
2. (of a fluid) flow, discharge
3. (telecommunications) throughput

Derived terms

• cabaler

Further reading

• “cabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin capalis or from cabo +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k???al]

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais)

1. whole, complete
   • 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:

     E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.

     And the mayor would also be glad, because he's also piqued, because there's not a whole year and a half that his wife died and he also paid the burden as every mother's son

   Synonym: completo

2. exact

   Synonym: exacto

Related terms

• cabo

References

• “cabal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cabal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais, comparable)

1. complete
2. rigorous
3. exact
4. satisfactory

Spanish

Etymology

cabo +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (plural cabales)

1. upright, honest
2. exact
3. complete, entire, full

Derived terms

• en sus cabales

English

Etymology

From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from ??????? (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).

Pronunciation

• like theater

• Hyphenation: thea?tre
• Hyphenation: the?a?tre

Noun

theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)

1. (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of theater

Usage notes

• The spelling theatre is the main spelling in British English, with theater being rare.
• The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in the United States, however, usually use the spelling "theatre", especially when writing about the art-form while retaining "theater" to write about the location. The spelling is also used often in advertising.

Translations

Anagrams

• hat tree, hattree, teareth, tethera, theater, thereat

Middle English

Noun

theatre

1. Alternative form of theater

Middle French

Etymology

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Noun

theatre m (plural theatres)

1. theatre

Old French

Noun

theatre m (oblique plural theatres, nominative singular theatres, nominative plural theatre)

1. Alternative form of teatre