"dramatic" in seven languages
Meaningdramatic
Spanish
dramático
/dɾaˈmatiko/
learned
French
dramatique
/dʁamatik/
learned
Often 'tragic, grave': une situation dramatique.
Italian
drammatico
/dramˈmatiko/
learned
Italian doubles the m, as in dramma.
Portuguese
dramático
/dɾaˈmatʃiku/
learned
Romanian
dramatic
/draˈmatik/
borrowed · French dramatique
Catalan
dramàtic
/dɾəˈmatik/
learned
English
dramatic
/dɹəˈmætɪk/
from Latin/French · Late Latin DRĀMATICUS
English → ItaliandramaticdrammaticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DRĀMATICUM‘of drama (Greek drāmatikós)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek drâma 'deed, play' reached all four through Latin in learned form; only Italian doubles the m (dramma, drammatico). French dramatique leans towards 'tragic'.
English relatives: drama, dramatist, dramatize
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In a sentence
- esLa película tiene un final muy dramático.
- frLe film a une fin très dramatique.
- itIl film ha un finale molto drammatico.
- ptO filme tem um final muito dramático.
- roFilmul are un final foarte dramatic.
- caLa pel·lícula té un final molt dramàtic.
- enThe film has a very dramatic ending.
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