different between theatre vs kabuki

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

English

Alternative forms

• Kabuki

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (kabuki).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k??bu?ki/
• Hyphenation: ka?bu?ki
• Rhymes: -u?ki

Noun

kabuki (uncountable)

1. (often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
2. (by extension, US) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.

Derived terms

• kabuki brush

Translations

Further reading

• kabuki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kubiak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (kabuki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?buki/
• Hyphenation: ka?bu?ki

Noun

kabuki (first-person possessive kabukiku, second-person possessive kabukimu, third-person possessive kabukinya)

1. (art, drama) kabuki.

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

kabuki

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (kabuki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?bu.k?i/

Noun

kabuki n (indeclinable)

1. kabuki

Further reading

• kabuki in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kabuki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cabúqui

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ??? (kabuki).

Noun

kabuki m (uncountable)

1. kabuki (form of Japanese theatre)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ??? (kabuki).

Noun

kabuki m (plural kabukis)

1. kabuki

Adjective

kabuki (invariable)

1. (relational) kabuki