# drama
## English
### Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). Doublet of dorama.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɹɑːmə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdɹɑmə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (Canada, Scotland) IPA: /ˈdɹæmə/
* (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA: /ˈdɹeɪmə/
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma
* Rhymes: -ɑːmə

### Noun

drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)
* (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
    The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
* (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
* (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
* (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
    After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
** 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com‎, CNN, retrieved 2018-07-08:Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.
* (slang, uncountable) 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

* antidrama
* Bibliodrama
* biodrama
* bonnet drama
* C-drama
* choreodrama
* closet drama
* comedy drama
* costume drama
* crunchy-gravel drama
* cyberdrama
* daytime drama
* docudrama
* drama documentary
* dramafest
* drama king
* dramaless
* dramality
* drama llama
* dramamentary
* dramamonger
* drama queen
* drama queenish
* drama queenism
* drama therapy
* dramatic
* dramatical
* dramatically
* dramaticity
* dramatics
* dramatism
* dramatist
* dramatization
* dramatize
* dramedy
* dramystery
* e-drama
* high drama
* J-drama
* Karpman drama triangle
* K-drama
* legitimate drama
* melodrama
* metadrama
* microdrama
* minidrama
* monodrama
* mysterama
* nondrama
* period drama
* photodrama
* psychodrama
* save the drama for your mama
* sitdram
* subdrama
* tank drama
* teen drama
* teledrama
* theodrama

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)
** Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)
* → Cebuano: drama
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)
    Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā)
* → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
* → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
* → Malay: drama
* → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā)

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.

### Anagrams

* Madar, damar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɾa.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdɾa.ma]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

#### Noun

drama m (plural drames)
* drama (theatrical and media genre)
* drama (theatrical plays in general)
* drama (difficult situation)

##### Related terms

* dramàs
* dramàtic
* dramatisme
* dramaturg
* dramet
* drameta
* drametxo
* dramot
* melodrama

#### References

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

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “a drachma”).

#### Noun

drama f (plural drames)
* Obsolete spelling of dracma.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Noun

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

### Verb

drama
* to be emotional or sentimental
* to put on an act

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:drama.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdrama]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Noun

drama n
* drama (composition intended for actors)

#### Related terms

* dramatický
* dramatik m
* dramatizovat
* dramaturg m
* dramaturgie f

### Further reading

* “drama”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “drama”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdraː.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma
* Rhymes: -aːmaː

### Noun

drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)
* drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting)
* something tragic, a tragedy

#### Derived terms

* docudrama
* dramaserie
* dramaticus
* dramatiek
* dramatisch
* gezinsdrama

#### Related terms

* dramaturg

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: drama

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtraːma/
* Rhymes: -aːma

### Noun

drama n (genitive singular drama, nominative plural drömu)
* drama

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch drama, from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Doublet of dorama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdrama]
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Noun

drama (plural drama-drama)
* drama:
** a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
** theatrical plays in general.
    Synonyms: sandiwara, teater, tonil
* (colloquial) tragedy, a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
    Synonym: tragedi

#### Affixed terms

* pendramaan

#### Related terms

* dramatis

### Further reading

* “drama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɾˠamˠə/

### Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, nominative plural dramaí)
* Cois Fharraige form of dráma

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
drama
dramaí
vocative
a dhrama
a dhramaí
genitive
drama
dramaí
dative
drama
dramaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an drama
na dramaí
genitive
an drama
na ndramaí
dative
leis an drama don drama
leis na dramaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdraː.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdra.ma/, [ˈd̪räːmä]

### Noun

drāma n (genitive drāmatis); third declension
* drama, play

#### Declension

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

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: дра́ма (dráma)
* → Catalan: drama
* → Czech: drama
* → Dutch: drama
** → Indonesian: drama
* → English: drama
** → Arabic: دْرَامَا (drāmā)
*** Gulf Arabic: دْراما (drāma)
** → Cebuano: drama
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ड्रामा (ḍrāmā)
    Urdu: ڈراما (ḍrāmā)
** → Japanese: ドラマ (dorama)
** → Korean: 드라마 (deurama)
** → Malay: drama
** → Punjabi: ਡ੍ਰਾਮਾ (ḍrāmā)
* → Finnish: draama
* → French: drame
* → German: Drama
* → Hungarian: dráma
* → Icelandic: drama
* → Irish: dráma
* → Macedonian: драма (drama)
* → Norwegian: drama
* → Polish: dramat
* → Portuguese: drama
* → Romanian: dramă
* → Russian: дра́ма (dráma)
* → Serbo-Croatian: дра̏ма / drȁma
* → Spanish: drama
* → Swedish: drama
* → Ukrainian: дра́ма (dráma)
* → Welsh: drama
* → Yiddish: דראַמע (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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Maltese
### Etymology

Ultimately Latin drama. Doublet of dramm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdraː.ma/

### Noun

drama f
* dramatic art

#### Related terms

* ddrammatizza
* dramm
* drammatikament
* drammatiku
* drammaturgu

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* gisseldrama
* melodrama

#### Related terms

* dramatikk

### References

* “drama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɑːmɑ/

### Noun

drama n (definite singular dramaet, indefinite plural drama, definite plural dramaa)
* (countable or uncountable) a drama

#### Inflection

* Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
* Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.

#### Derived terms

* gisseldrama
* melodrama

#### Related terms

* dramatikk

### References

* “drama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin dragma, from Classical Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in the 1409-1420.

### Noun

drama f (plural dramas)
* drachma
** 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

### Further reading

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “drama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). First attested in 1728. Doublet of dramat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdra.ma/
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: dra‧ma
* Homophone: Drama

### Noun

drama f
* (drama) drama (composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue)
    Synonym: dramat
* (literary, theater) drama (type of play)
    Synonym: dramat
* (education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)
* (colloquial) drama (situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “drama”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019) “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* drama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* drama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “drama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 550

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”).Doublet of dorama.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾɐ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɾɐ.mɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɾɐ.mɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɾa.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Noun

drama m (plural dramas)
* drama (composition)
* drama (theatrical play)
* drama (dramatic situation), big deal, fuss, scene
    Para de fazer drama. ― Stop making a scene.

#### Derived terms

* dramalhão
* dramatismo
* dramatista
* dramatizar
* melodrama

#### Related terms

* dramático
* dramaturgia
* dramaturgo

### Further reading

* “drama”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪ɾamə/

### Noun

drama m (genitive singular drama, plural dramaichean)
* Alternative form of dram

### Noun

drama
* genitive singular of dram

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drâma/
* Hyphenation: dra‧ma

### Noun

drȁma f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏ма)
* drama

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ma]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: dra‧ma

### Noun

drama m (plural dramas)
* drama (genre in art, film, theatre and literature or a work of said genre)
* drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)
    Synonym: tragedia
* drama (theatre studies)
    Synonym: teatro
* play (work of theatre)
    Synonym: obra
* big deal, fuss, scene
    Synonyms: gran cosa, escándalo, escena

#### Hyponyms

* docudrama
* melodrama

#### Derived terms

* drama de sátiros
* dramón
* eurodrama
* hacer un drama
* reina del drama (“drama queen”)

#### Related terms

* dramatizar

### Further reading

* “drama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English drama.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

drama class IX (plural drama class X)
* drama

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

drama n
* a drama

#### Derived terms

* blodsdrama
* dramadokumentär
* dramakomedi
* dramalinje
* dramapedagog
* dramaserie
* dramaterapi
* dramathriller
* familjedrama
* gangsterdrama
* gisslandrama
* idédrama
* kammardrama
* kapardrama
* karaktärsdrama
* kidnappningsdrama
* knivdrama
* kostymdrama
* krigsdrama
* kriminaldrama
* kärleksdrama
* läsdrama
* melodrama
* morddrama
* musikdrama
* nutidsdrama
* passionsdrama
* problemdrama
* psykodrama
* relationsdrama
* samtidsdrama
* skoldrama
* skottdrama
* svartsjukedrama
* thrillerdrama
* triangeldrama
* vardagsdrama
* versdrama
* ödesdrama

#### Related terms

* dramatiker
* dramatisk
* dramaturg
* dramaturgi

### References

* drama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* drama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* drama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ramad

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish drama.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdɾama/ [ˈd̪ɾaː.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: dra‧ma

### Noun

drama (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ)
* drama; stage play
    Synonym: dula
* theatrics; histrionics
    Synonym: kaartehan

#### Derived terms

* madrama
* magdrama
* pagdadrama
* pandrama

#### Related terms

* dramatiko

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дра́ма (dráma).

### Noun

drama
* drama (theatre)

#### Inflection
### References

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

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈdrama/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈdra(ː)ma/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

drama f (plural dramâu)
* drama, play

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.