theatre
theatre noun: a cinema; movie theatre. Also the alternative spelling of theater.
Noun
theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)
- A cinema; movie theatre.
Also used as
theatre is also the alternative spelling of theater.
Forms of theatre
| plural | theatres |
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Origin of theatre
From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, watch, observe”).
Words formed from theatre
- antitheatre
- cybertheatre
- metatheatre
- multitheatre
- pretheatre
- street theatre
- studio theatre
- theatercore
- theater-goer
- theatre-goer
- theatregoer
- theatregoing
- theatreland
- theatreless
- theatrelike
- theatremaker
- theatremaking
- theatre organ
- theatreperson
- theatrescape
- theatrette
- theatrewide
- theatric
- theatromania
- theatrophile
- theatrophobia
Phrases with theatre
Questions about theatre
- What does theatre mean?
- Theatre means a cinema; movie theatre.
- What part of speech is theatre?
- Theatre is a noun.
- What is the plural of theatre?
- The plural of theatre is theatres.
Words near theatre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: theatre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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