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"drama" in seven languages

Meaningdrama

Spanish

drama

/ˈdɾama/

masc.learned

French

drame

/dʁam/

masc.learned

Italian

dramma

/ˈdramma/

masc.learned

Portuguese

drama

/ˈdɾɐ̃mɐ/

masc.learned

Romanian

dramă

/ˈdramə/

fem.learned

Catalan

drama

/ˈdɾamə/

masc.learned

English

drama

/ˈdɹɑmə/

from Latin/French · Late Latin DRĀMA (from Greek)

English → ItaliandramadrammaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DRĀMA‘play, action (from Greek drâma)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Greek neuters in -ma stay masculine in Spanish and Italian: el drama, il dramma (like el problema). Italian doubles the m.

English relatives: dramatic, dramatist

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  • esEs un drama sobre la guerra.
  • frC'est un drame sur la guerre.
  • itÈ un dramma sulla guerra.
  • ptÉ um drama sobre a guerra.
  • roEste o dramă despre război.
  • caÉs un drama sobre la guerra.
  • enIt's a drama about the war.

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