stage fright

See also: stagefright

English

Alternative forms

• stagefright, stage-fright

Etymology

stage +‎ fright

Noun

stage fright (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.

   I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation.

   1. (euphemistic) Synonym of paruresis

Translations

state of nervousness about performing

• Arabic: رَهَاب المَسْرَح (rahāb al-masraḥ)
• Armenian: վախ բեմից (vax bemicʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怯場／怯场 (zh) (qièchǎng)

• Czech: tréma (cs) f
• Danish: sceneskræk c, lampefeber c
• Dutch: plankenkoorts (nl)
• Estonian: esinemishirm, glossofoobia
• Finnish: ramppikuume (fi), esiintymiskuume
• French: trac (fr) m
• German: Lampenfieber (de) n, Rampenfieber n
• Greek: άγχος (el) n (ánchos)
• Hungarian: lámpaláz (hu)
• Icelandic: sviðsskrekkur m
• Indonesian: demam panggung (id)
• Japanese: 舞台負け (ぶたいまけ, butai-make)
• Kannada: ಸಭಾಕಂಪ (kn) (sabhākampa), ರಂಗಭಯ (kn) (raṅgabhaya)
• Korean: 무대공포증 (mudaegongpojeung)
• Macedonian: трема f (trema)
• Malayalam: സഭാകമ്പം (ml) (sabhākampaṁ)
• Maori: hanepī
• Norwegian: sceneskrekk
• Polish: trema (pl) f
• Portuguese: medo de palco m
• Romanian: trac (ro) n
• Russian: страх сце́ны m (strax scény), боя́знь сце́ны f (bojáznʹ scény)
• Scottish Gaelic: ireapais f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трема f

  Roman: trema (sh) f

• Slovak: tréma f
• Spanish: miedo escénico m
• Swedish: scenskräck c, rampfeber (sv) c
• Turkish: sahne heyecanı, sahne korkusu
• Ukrainian: сценічне хвилювання (scenične xvyljuvannja), сценофобія (scenofobija)

See also

• performance anxiety