different between theater vs scrim

English

Alternative forms

• theatre (standard spelling in all English-speaking countries that use British spelling)

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”). Doublet of tiatr.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??i(?)t?/, sometimes /????.t?/
• (Canada, Southern American English) IPA^(key): /??i(?)t?/, /??i.e?.t?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i??.t?/, /????.t?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??i?t?/, [??i??t?], [??i????]

Noun

theater (countable and uncountable, plural theaters) (American spelling)

1. A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
2. A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.

3. A lecture theatre.
4. (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.

5. (US) A cinema.

6. Drama or performance as a profession or art form.

7. Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.

Usage notes

• The spelling theatre is the main spelling in British English, with theater being rare.
• In United States English, theater accounts for about 80 percent of usage in the major corpus of usage, COCA.
• Among American theatre professionals, there is some usage of the two spellings in order to differentiate between the location theater (as in definitions 1–5) and the art-form theatre (definition 6). A variant of this differentiation is the usage of theatre for things relating to live performances (as in definitions 1 and 6) with theater being used for all other uses.

Synonyms

• fabulous invalid

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of theatre

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te??(j)a?t?r/
• Hyphenation: the?a?ter
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

theater n (plural theaters, diminutive theatertje n)

1. theater (US), theatre (Commonwealth): either drama, the art form, or a drama theater (building)

Synonyms

• schouwburg

Derived terms

• danstheater
• theaterkunst
• volkstheater

Descendants

• Afrikaans: teater
• ? Indonesian: teater

Middle English

Alternative forms

• theatre, teatre, theatyr, theatere

Etymology

From Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (théatron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??at?r/, /?t???a?t?r/

Noun

theater

1. A theatre open to the sky; an amphitheatre.
2. Any stage which plays and performances take place at.
3. (rare) A whorehouse.

Descendants

• English: theater, theatre
• Scots: theatre

References

• “th????tre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown.

In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad".

Noun

scrim (countable and uncountable, plural scrims)

1. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
2. A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
3. A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
4. (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
5. (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
6. Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

Translations

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (photography) To use a scrim.

Etymology 2

From scrimmage.

Noun

scrim (plural scrims)

1. (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
   • 2016, Blog of Legends, "The Gap hasn’t closed: Comparing the LCS and LCK at Worlds":

     As a team, the players decided to focus less on streaming (a major source of income) and more on in-house scrims, VOD review and practice, hoping to become a better team.

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (online gaming) To participate in a scrim.
   • 2016, The Inquirer, "The EE Blog: EternalEnvy Accuses Former Team, Team Secret, of Delayed Payments and Monetary Indiscretion":

     Accusations of him drinking instead of scrimming with the team, not attending practices at all and playing guitar instead of scrimming surfaced.

Anagrams

• CMIRs, Crims, crims