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See also: dramàtic
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós), from δρᾶμα (drâma, “drama, play”), from δράω (dráō, “I do, accomplish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dramatic (comparative more dramatic, superlative most dramatic)
- Of or relating to the drama.
- 1911, “Music”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
- Monteverde found the conditions of dramatic music more favourable to his experiments than those of choral music, in which both voices and ears are at their highest sensibility to discord.
- Striking in appearance or effect.
- 1986, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5430:
- Each year remarkable advances in prenatal medicine bring ever more dramatic confirmation of what common sense told us all along-that the child in the womb is simply what each of us once was: a very young, very small, dependent, vulnerable member of the human family.
- 2013 August 17, “Best and brightest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8849:
- Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade.
- Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
- (informal) Tending to exaggerate in order to get attention.
- You're not bleeding out; the knife barely scratched your skin. Stop being so dramatic!
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Japanese: ドラマティック (doramatikku)
Translations[edit]
of or relating to the drama
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striking in appearance or effect
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having a powerful, expressive singing voice
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Further reading[edit]
- "dramatic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 109.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French dramatique, from Latin dramaticus. Equivalent to dramă + -atic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dramatic m or n (feminine singular dramatică, masculine plural dramatici, feminine and neuter plural dramatice)
Declension[edit]
Declension of dramatic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dramatic | dramatică | dramatici | dramatice | ||
definite | dramaticul | dramatica | dramaticii | dramaticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dramatic | dramatice | dramatici | dramatice | ||
definite | dramaticului | dramaticei | dramaticelor | dramaticilor |
Further reading[edit]
- dramatic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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