different between coterie vs theatre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?t??i/, /?ko?t???i/, [?ko????i], [?ko?????i]

Noun

coterie (plural coteries)

1. A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.

   Synonym: clique
2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coterie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “coterie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie, from Medieval Latin coteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.t??ri/
• Hyphenation: co?te?rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries or coterieën, diminutive coterietje n)

1. coterie, clique (exclusive circle of associates)

Related terms

• kot

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.t?i/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries)

1. (historical) feudal community of peasants
2. (figuratively, also derogatory) coterie, clique, cabal (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: coterie
• ? English: coterie
• ? German: Koterie

Further reading

• “coterie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• coterie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Romanian

Etymology

From French coterie.

Noun

coterie f (plural coterii)

1. coterie

Declension

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