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teater

Pronunciation: /teˈɑː.tɛr/

“teater” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. theatre (art form)
  2. a theatre (building or institution)

Etymology

Borrowed via German Theater and French théâtre, ultimately from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron) (see there for more). During the 17th century, when this word first appeared in Swedish, its most immediate derivation appears to have been from German, with influence from the French equivalent increasing later on; most other theatric terms in Swedish derive from French as well.…

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