Art & MusicGreek → English
Theatre
A building or art form for dramatic performance.
The Greek roots
θέατρον
théatron
place for viewing
Literally: “a seeing-place”
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The story of the word
From theâsthai, 'to behold' — the théatron was literally where the audience came to see.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
They took their seats as the theatre lights dimmed.