different between factual vs drama

English

Etymology

fact +? -al, modified by analogy with actual.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæk(t)?u?l/, /?fæk(t)??l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fak(t)???l/, /?fak(t)??l/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f?k(t)???l/, /?f?k(t)??l/

Adjective

factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual)

1. Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
   • 2012, D.C. Kline, Dominion and Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Karl Marx’ Theory of Commercial Law, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 34:

     If, as Marx claimed, these factual views were held by the ideologists of the nineteenth century and if these factual claims could be proven false, then Marx could claim to have refuted certain tenets of capitalist political philosophy on a purely  […]

   • 2014, Derek Matravers, Fiction and Narrative, OUP Oxford (?ISBN):

     Thus, the approach has more flexibility than Lamarque and Olsen's approach; in particular, it is open to the possibility that false factual claims do affect our understanding of, and our evaluation of, fictional narratives.

2. True, accurate, corresponding to reality.
   • 2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, Bethany House Pub (?ISBN)

     He knew Guardian's real name. Did he dare play that card? "Yes ma'am, that's factual information. All of it."

Derived terms

Related terms

• fact
• counterfactual
• de facto

Translations

Further reading

• factual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• factual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• caul fat

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fatual

Adjective

factual m or f (plural factuais, comparable)

1. factual (consisting of facts)

Spanish

Adjective

factual (plural factuales)

1. factual

   Synonym: fáctico

English

Etymology

From Late Latin dr?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from ???? (drá?, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??m?/
• (Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /?d?æm?/
• Hyphenation: dra?ma
• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

drama (usually uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)

1. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

2. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
3. Theatrical plays in general
4. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
5. (slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drama

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ????????? (dr?m?)
  • Gulf Arabic: ??????? (dr?ma)
• ? Cebuano: drama
• ? Japanese: ??? (dorama)
• ? Korean: ??? (deurama)
• ? Malay: drama

Translations

Anagrams

• Madar, damar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?d?a.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?d?a.ma/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from ???? (drá?, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Noun

drama m (plural drames)

1. drama (theatrical and media genre)
2. drama (theatrical plays in general)
3. drama (difficult situation)

Related terms

References

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

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?, “a drachma”).

Noun

drama f (plural drames)

1. Obsolete spelling of dracma

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from ???? (drá?, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dra?ma

Noun

drama

1. a theatrical play; a skit
2. a radio drama
3. a soap opera, a TV show that is not a comedy.
4. an act; a display of behavior meant to deceive
5. (derogatory) a show; mere display or pomp with no substance

Verb

drama

1. to be emotional or sentimental
2. to put on an act

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin drama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?drama]
• Hyphenation: dra?ma

Noun

drama n

1. drama (composition intended for actors)

Declension

Related terms

• dramatický m
• dramatik m
• dramatizovat
• dramaturg m
• dramaturgie f

Further reading

• drama in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• drama in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dr?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dra?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: dra?ma
• Rhymes: -a?ma?

Noun

drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)

1. drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting).
2. Something tragic, a tragedy.

Derived terms

• docudrama
• dramaserie
• dramaticus
• dramatiek
• dramatisch
• gezinsdrama

Related terms

• dramaturg

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: drama

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tra?ma/
• Rhymes: -a?ma

Noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, no plural)

1. drama

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch drama, from Late Latin dr?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?drama]
• Hyphenation: dra?ma

Noun

drama (first-person possessive dramaku, second-person possessive dramamu, third-person possessive dramanya)

1. drama:
   1. a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
   2. theatrical plays in general.

      Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil

2. (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

   Synonym: tragedi

Affixed terms

Further reading

• “drama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d????am??/

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)

1. Cois Fharraige form of dráma

Declension

Mutation

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dra?.ma/, [?d??ä?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?dra.ma/, [?d????m?]

Noun

dr?ma n (genitive dr?matis); third declension

1. drama, play

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

• ? Belarusian: ?????? (dráma)
• ? Catalan: drama
• ? Czech: drama
• ? Dutch: drama
  • ? Indonesian: drama
• ? English: drama
  • ? Arabic: ????????? (dr?m?)
    • Gulf Arabic: ??????? (dr?ma)
  • ? Cebuano: drama
  • ? Japanese: ??? (dorama)
  • ? Korean: ??? (deurama)
  • ? Malay: drama
• ? Finnish: draama
• ? French: drame
• ? German: Drama
• ? Hungarian: dráma
• ? Icelandic: drama
• ? Irish: dráma
• ? Macedonian: ????? (drama)
• ? Norwegian: drama
• ? Polish: dramat
• ? Portuguese: drama
• ? Romanian: dram?
• ? Russian: ?????? (dráma)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ?????? / dr?ma
• ? Spanish: drama
• ? Swedish: drama
• ? Ukrainian: ?????? (dráma)
• ? Welsh: drama
• ? Yiddish: ??????? (drame) (through some Romance language)

References

• drama in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• drama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• drama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• drama in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• drama in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama or dramaer, definite plural dramaene)

1. a drama

Derived terms

• gisseldrama
• melodrama

Related terms

• dramatikk

References

• “drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (drâma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dr??m?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)

1. (countable or uncountable) a drama

Inflection

Derived terms

• gisseldrama
• melodrama

Related terms

• dramatikk

References

• “drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

1. drama (composition)
2. drama (theatrical play)
3. drama (dramatic situation)

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)

1. Alternative form of dràm

Noun

drama

1. genitive singular of dràm

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drâma/
• Hyphenation: dra?ma

Noun

dr?ma f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. drama

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin drama, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

Noun

drama m (plural dramas)

1. drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
2. drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)

   Synonym: tragedia

3. drama (theatre studies)

   Synonym: teatro

4. play (work of theatre)

   Synonym: obra

5. big deal, fuss, scene

   Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• eurodrama m
• reina del drama (“drama queen”)

Related terms

• dramatizar

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

drama n

1. a drama

Declension

Related terms

• dramatiker
• dramatisk
• dramaturg
• dramaturgi

Anagrams

• ramad

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (dráma).

Noun

drama

1. drama (theatre)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From Late Latin dr?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from ???? (drá?, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?drama/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?dra(?)ma/

Noun

drama f (plural dramâu)

1. drama, play

Mutation