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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdrama
Pronunciation / Transliteration: drah-mah
"A peça de teatro é um drama clássico."
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A play for theatre, television, or radio; or an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events.
"She is studying modern drama at university."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 15th century: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran 'to do, act'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "drama" is said worldwide
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drame
Transliteration: dram
"C'est un drame passionnant."
Drama
Transliteration: drah-mah
"Das Stück ist ein emotionales Drama."
dramma
Transliteration: dram-mah
"Il film è un dramma psicologico."
drama
Transliteration: drah-mah
"Me gusta ver el drama en la televisión."
drama
Transliteration: drah-mah
"A peça de teatro é um drama clássico."
नाटक
Transliteration: naatak
"यह एक बहुत अच्छा नाटक है।"
戏剧
Transliteration: xì jù
"她很喜欢看戏剧。"
드라마
Transliteration: deu-ra-ma
"우리는 어젯밤에 드라마를 봤어요."
ドラマ
Transliteration: dorama
"彼女はそのドラマに出演しています。"
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