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Definition: Spectacle |
SpectacleNoun1. Something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape". 2. An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale. 3. A blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase "make a spectacle of" yourself. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spectacle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Spectacle \Spec"ta*cle\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression spectaculum, from spectare to look at, to behold, intensive verb from specere. See Spy.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | A two-handled frame for carrying well-boring tools. (references) |
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Synonyms: SpectacleSynonyms: exhibition, pageant, representation, sight. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ostentation | Demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets; (celebration); pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; f_te, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant. |
Prodigy | Noun: prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle; monster; (unconformity); curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre, coup de theatre; gazingstock; sign; St. Elmo's fire, St. Elmo's light; portent. |
The Drama | Play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame; melodrama, melodrame; comidie larmoyante, sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue;duologue trilogy; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spectacle |
| English words defined with "spectacle": bullfight ♦ corrida ♦ naumachia, naumachy ♦ spectacular ♦ To take sight. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spectacle": bifocal lens, bi-focal lens, binocular lens, binocular loupe, binocular magnifier, binocular-magnifier set ♦ cataract lenses ♦ FRAME CARVER, SPINDLE ♦ recruit ♦ story. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spectacle": spectator ♦ Theory. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spectacle" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (appearance, aspect, cabaret, exterior, look, performance, scene, scenery, show, sight, spectacle, view). |
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Screenplays | Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an acropolis, in which case it's not your fault. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Please, you're making a German spectacle of yourself. (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger) | |
Lyrics | In a spectacle of wealth and poverty (Carnival; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Femme spectacle (1964) The Spectacle Maker (1934) About a Theological Situation in the Society of Spectacle (2001) Le Spectacle (1983) | |
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 | Spectacle brooches. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A pitiful spectacle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Interior of the Grand Duke's Theater - The audience during the performance of the thrilling spectacle of the march of "The Mulligan Guards" / J. B. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc--An inspiring, vivid picture ... the magnificent coronation of Charles VII. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | St. Regis Mtn. from Spectacle Lake [i.e. Ponds], Adirondack Mtns., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hiawatha Lodge and Panther Mountain from Spectacle Lake [i.e. Ponds]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pain's Pyro Spectacle, Japan & China. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | No. 1 of Pain's Spectacle, Coney Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Folies Bergère--Tous les soirs spectacle varié / Cappiello. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pain's great war spectacle, Mexican War, Siege of Vera Cruz. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Jean De La BruyFre | The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. |
Thomas B. Macaulay | We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | One section of the French Legitimists and "Young England" exhibited this spectacle. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This tranquillity was not the least beautiful spectacle of that agitated period. |
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Economic History | Malta | Industry (37% of GDP): Types--clothing, semiconductors, shipbuilding and repair, furniture, leather, rubber and plastic products, footwear, spectacle frames, toys, jewelry, food, beverages, tobacco products. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Mark Geragos | Just flat out refused. And that was extremely disconcerting because she never wanted to kind of turn this into the spectacle that it became. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Such is the spectacle which the deputed authorities of a nation boasting its religion and morality have not been restrained from presenting to an enlightened age. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The situation of the United States in regard to their resources, the extent of their revenue, and the facility with which it is raised affords a most gratifying spectacle. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Our own country could alone have exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for self-government. |
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| "Spectacle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.68% of the time. "Spectacle" is used about 626 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.68% | 624 | 10,381 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 626 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spectacle": make a spectacle of oneself ♦ spectacle case ♦ spectacle glass ♦ spectacle trade. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "spectacle": spectacle-case, spectacle-lens, spectacle-making, spectacle-rims. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spectacle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tablo (landscape, painting, panel, picture, scene, tableau), pamje (air, aspect, face, landscape, likeness, look, make, mien, mode, outlook, outside, physiognomy, presence, prospect, rig, scene, scenery, semblance, shape, sight, view, visage, vista). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كل ما يشبه النظارة, مسرحية (drama, performance, play, show), مشهد (outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scene, scenery, show, sight, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спектакъл (play), зрелище (gapeseed, peepshow, raree show, scene, show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 眼镜 (spectacles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | velkofilm (epic), pohled (greeting card, look, postcard, regard, sight, slant, view), podívaná (peepshow, show, sight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brillelære (optometry, science of spectacles, spectacle optics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spektakel (agitation, riot, show, tumult), schouwspel (show, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | spektaklo (show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | sjónleikur (play, show, theatre play), sjón (show, vision), framsýning (show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منظره (Landscape, Object, Outlook, Perspective, Picture, Prospect, Scene, Scenery, Sight, View, Vision), نمایش (Appearance, Display, Drama, Exhibition, Exposure, Histrionics, Ostentation, Parade, Performance, Play, Portrayal, Presentation, Representation, Show, Showing), تماشا (Sight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | näytelmä (drama, play, show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spectacle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skouspul (show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spektakel (bother, fracas, fracases, fuss, hullabaloo, palaver, row, ruction, rumpus, show), schauspiel (drama, pageant, play). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θέαμα (attraction, show, sideshow, sight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפ'ן (demonstration, parade, rally, review, show, tattoo), מחז" (play), מרא" (outlook, prospect, sight, view, vista), חזיון (drama, phenomenon, revelation, sight, vision, visualization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | látványosság (pageant, pageantry, shew, show, show-place), látvány (perspective, prospect, scene, scenery, sight, sight for sore eyes, view, vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tontonan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spettacolo (entertainment, performance, picture, play, scene, show, showing, sight), vista (eyesight, outlook, prospect, sight, view, vision, vista). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 壮観 (magnificent view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうか" (adultery, commissioner, correlation, first issue, inspector general, interrelation, launching, magnificent view, repatriation, sending home), か" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), "うけい (aperture, background, bore, calibre, ecliptic longitude, filial piety, scene, setting, successor, the essential point), スペクタクル , じょうけい (best policy, scene, sight, the above-mentioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가관 (spectacles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shilley (distillation, eyesight, look, look in, scene, shed, shedding, show, sight, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ectaclespay przedstawienie (presentation, show). (various references) espetáculo (entertainment, function, presentation, show, sickener), espectáculo (entertainment, function, presentation, show, sickener). (various references) spectacol (a grand sight, entertainment, performance, play, presentment, scene, show, sight). (various references) зрелище (bloodcurdling sight, pageant, show, sight). (various references) sealladh (a sight, view). (various references) spektakl, prizor (raree show, scene, sight), podsmeh (flout, jibe, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt). (various references) espectáculo (entertainment, pageantry, show, tattoo). (various references) skådespel (drama, play, scene, show, sight, theatre play), spektakel (hullaballoo, hullabaloo, row, show). (various references) piyes (piece, play, representation, stage play), oyun (act, acting, canard, dance, device, frolic, game, hoax, performance, play, presentment, representation, sport, stage play, trick, wheeze), manzara (landscape, lookout, panorama, Paysage, prospect, raree show, scene, scenery, scenic, sight, view, vista), garip davranış, görüntü (blip, display, image, outlook, picture, semblance, sight, view), görünüş (appearance, aspect, epiphany, face, facet, look, mien, outlook, semblance, sight). (various references) tomaюa (show, sight). (various references) спектакль, вистава (big time, dramatics, performance, playacting, presentment, program, programme), видовище (entertainment, show). (various references) quang cảnh sự trình diễn, cảnh tượng (sight). (various references) drych (looking-glass, mirror, object, pattern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | theorema. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | munus, spectaculo, spectaculum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 48 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai panteV oi sumparagenomenoi ocloi epi thn qewrian tauthn qewrounteV ta genomena tuptonteV eautwn ta sthqh upestrefon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et omnis turba eorum qui simul aderant ad spectaculum istud et videbant quae fiebant percutientes pectora sua revertebantur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And eall wered þe æt þisse wæfersynne wæron and gesawon þa þing þe gewurdon. wæron agen gewende hyra breost beoton; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And al the puple of hem that weren there togidir at this spectacle, and sayn tho thingis that weren don, smyten her brestis, and turneden ayen. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And all the people that came to geder to that sight beholdynge the thinges which were done: smoote their bestes and returned home. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 48 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tanang panon sa katawhan nga nahidugok niini nga talan-awon, sa ilang pagkakita sa nahitabo, namauli nga nanagpanampok sa ilang mga dughan. |
| Chinese | 聚 集 觀 看 的 眾 人 、 見 了 這 所 成 的 事 、 都 捶 著 胸 回 去 了 。 |
| Croatian | I kad je sav svijet koji se zgrnuo na taj prizor vidio što se zbiva, vraæao se bijuæi se u prsa. |
| Danish | Og alle Skarerne, som vare komne sammen til dette Skue, sloge sig for Brystet, da de så, hvad der skete, og vendte tilbage. |
| Dutch | En al de scharen, die samengekomen waren om dit te aanschouwen, ziende de dingen, die geschied waren, keerden wederom, slaande op hun borsten. |
| Finnish | Ja kun kaikki kansa, ne, jotka olivat kokoontuneet tätä katselemaan, näkivät, mitä tapahtui, löivät he rintoihinsa ja palasivat kukin kotiinsa. |
| French | Et tous ceux qui assistaient en foule ce spectacle, après avoir vu ce qui était arrivé, s`en retournèrent, se frappant la poitrine. |
| German | Und alles Volk, das dabei war und zusah, da sie sahen, was da geschah, schlugen sich an ihre Brust und wandten wieder um. |
| Haitian Creole | Tout moun ki te vini an foul pou asiste espektak sa a te wè sak te rive. Yo tounen al lakay yo, yo t'ap bat lestonmak yo. |
| Hungarian | És az egész sokaság, mely e dolognak látására ment oda, látván azokat, a mik történtek, mellét verve megtére. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang banyak yang datang di situ untuk menonton, melihat apa yang terjadi. Mereka semua pulang dengan hati yang sangat menyesal. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala orang banyak yang telah berkerumun memandang perkara yang ajaib itu, setelah dilihatnya barang yang berlaku itu, maka pulanglah sekaliannya itu dengan menepuk dadanya. |
| Italian | Anche tutte le folle che erano accorse a questo spettacolo, ripensando a quanto era accaduto, se ne tornavano percuotendosi il petto. |
| Latvian | Un viss ïauþu pulks, kas bija klât pie ðî ðausmu skata, redzot notikuðo, sita savâs krûtîs un atgriezâs atpakaï. |
| Maori | Me te hunga katoa hoki i huihui mai ki te matakitaki, i to ratou kitenga i aua mea i meatia ra, ka patuki i o ratou uma, a hoki ana. |
| Norwegian | Og alt folket som var kommet sammen for å se dette syn, slo sig for sitt bryst og vendte tilbake da de så hvad som skjedde. |
| Portuguese | E todas as multidões que presenciaram este espetáculo, vendo o que havia acontecido, voltaram batendo no peito. |
| Rumanian | Wi tot norodul, care venise la priveliwtea aceea, cknd a vqzut cele kntkmplate, s`a kntors, bqtkndu-se kn piept. |
| Shuar | Tura Untsurí aents pujuarmia nu, nu Túrunamun Wáinkiar ti kuntuts Enentáimiainiak ni netsepen paat awatiar waketkiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y toda la multitud que estaba presente en este espectáculo, al ver lo que había acontecido, volvía golpeándose el pecho. |
| Swahili | Watu wale wote waliokuwa wamekusanyika hapo kwa ajili ya tukio hilo, walipoona hayo yaliyotukia, walirudi makwao wakijipiga vifua kwa huzuni. |
| Swedish | Och när allt folket, de som hade kommit tillsammans för att se härpå, sågo vad som skedde, slogo de sig för bröstet och vände hem igen. |
| Uma | Hawe'ea tauna to morumpu merono, karahilo-na napa to jadi' toe, nculii' -ramo hilou hi tomi-ra, pai' halengko ohea mporera' -rera' hunamu-ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spectacle": spectacled, spectacles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spectacle": superspectacle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spectacle": bespectacled, superspectacles. (additional references) | |
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"Spectacle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sectile, Specac, spectable, spectacal, spectal, spectale, spectecel, spectecle, specticle, spetacle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spectacle" (pronounced spe"ktukul) |
| 6 | -k t u k u l | impractical, practical. |
| 5 | -t u k u l | aeronautical, article, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, grammatical, hypothetical, nautical, obstacle, particle, political, receptacle, skeptical, tentacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, hierarchical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, pontifical, quizzical, radical, reciprocal, satirical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-l-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: capelets. | |
-2 letters: accepts, capelet, caplets, celesta, pectase, placets. | |
-3 letters: accept, asleep, aspect, calces, caplet, castle, claspt, cleats, clepes, eclats, elapse, elates, elects, epacts, escape, etapes, palest, palets, pastel, peaces, peseta, pestle, petals, places, placet, plates, please, pleats, select, septal, staple, stelae, teasel, tepals. | |
-4 letters: alecs, capes, caste, cates, cease, cecal, celts, cepes, cesta, cetes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-l-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: spectacled, spectacles. | |
+2 letters: receptacles. | |
+3 letters: bespectacled, conceptacles. | |
+4 letters: conceptualise. | |
+5 letters: acceptableness, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualizes, petrochemicals, superspectacle, telescopically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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