different between pantomime vs pierrot

English

Etymology

Circa 17th century, from Latin pantom?mus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pantómimos), from ??? (pâs, “each, all”) + ???????? (miméomai, “I mimic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pant??m??m/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?pænt??ma?m/

Noun

pantomime (countable and uncountable, plural pantomimes)

1. (now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
   • 1865, Edward Burnett Tylor, Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization

     [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.

2. (historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
3. (Britain) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]
4. Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 26

     A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 26:

     In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.

Derived terms

• panto

Related terms

• dame
• dumb show
• mime
• pantomimical

See also

• sign language

Translations

See also

• dumb show

Verb

pantomime (third-person singular simple present pantomimes, present participle pantomiming, simple past and past participle pantomimed)

1. (transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.

   I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.

2. (transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Italian

Noun

pantomime f

1. plural of pantomima

Latin

Noun

pantom?me

1. vocative singular of pantom?mus

English

Noun

pierrot (plural pierrots)

1. Alternative form of Pierrot
2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Tarucus and Castalia, notable for white contrasting with brown or black on the underwings.
3. (historical) An 18th-century women's low-cut basque with sleeves.

Anagrams

• preriot, pretoir

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pier?rot

Noun

pierrot m (plural pierrots, diminutive pierrotje n)

1. A person dressed in a Pierrot costume

Italian

Noun

pierrot m (invariable)

1. A person dressed in a Pierrot costume

Anagrams

• pretori, riporte