choreography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “written form (of a word, etc.), spelling”); By surface analysis, choreo- + -graphy.
Inflected forms:
form: choreographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She has staged many successful ballets, so her choreography skills must be excellent.
gloss: The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
gloss: The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: the delicate choreography of a marathon transplant operation involving several surgical suites
gloss: The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done.
gloss: The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I've written down the choreography for y'all to take a look at.
gloss: The notation used to construct this record.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Take a look at this, it's the choreography for our next show.
Derived words: antichoreography
choralography
choreograph
choreographer
choreographic
fight choreography
handography
swordography
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: koreografi
lang: Arabic
word: كوريقرافيا
roman: kōrīgrāfīya
lang: Armenian
word: խորեոգրաֆիա
roman: xoreografia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xoreoqrafiya
lang: Belarusian
word: харэагра́фія
roman: xareahráfija
lang: Bulgarian
word: хореогра́фия
roman: horeográfija
lang: Catalan
word: coreografia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 舞蹈設計 /舞蹈设计
roman: wǔdǎo shèjì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 編舞 /编舞
roman: biānwǔ
lang: Czech
word: choreografie
lang: Danish
word: koreografi
lang: Dutch
word: choreografie
lang: Esperanto
word: koregrafio
lang: Estonian
word: koreograafia
lang: Finnish
word: koreografia
lang: French
word: chorégraphie
lang: Friulian
word: coreografie
lang: Georgian
word: ქორეოგრაფია
roman: koreograpia
lang: German
word: Choreographie
lang: German
word: Choreografie
lang: Greek
word: χορογραφία
roman: chorografía
lang: Hungarian
word: koreográfia
lang: Indonesian
word: koreografi
lang: Irish
word: cóiréagrafaíocht
lang: Irish
word: córagrafaíocht
lang: Italian
word: coreografia
lang: Japanese
word: 振付
roman: furitsuke
lang: Japanese
word: 振り付け
roman: furitsuke
lang: Kazakh
word: хореография
roman: xoreografiä
lang: Korean
word: 안무
roman: anmu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: хореография
roman: horeografiya
lang: Latvian
word: horeogrāfija
lang: Lithuanian
word: choreografija
lang: Macedonian
word: кореографија
roman: koreografija
lang: Malay
word: koreografi
lang: Marathi
word: नृत्यदिग्दर्शन
roman: nŕtyadigdarśan
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: koreografi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: koreografi
lang: Occitan
word: coregrafia
lang: Polish
word: choreografia
lang: Portuguese
word: coreografia
lang: Romanian
word: coregrafie
lang: Russian
word: хореогра́фия
roman: xoreográfija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кореогра̀фија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: koreogràfija
lang: Slovak
word: choreografia
lang: Slovene
word: koreografija
lang: Spanish
word: coreografía
lang: Swedish
word: koreografi
lang: Tagalog
word: koreograpiya
lang: Thai
word: ท่าเต้น
lang: Turkish
word: koreografi
lang: Ukrainian
word: хореогра́фія
roman: xoreohráfija
lang: Uzbek
word: xoreografiya