THEATRICALS

Definition: THEATRICALS

THEATRICALS

Noun plural

1. Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "THEATRICALS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
The Drama	Noun: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Barton's comic recitations and humorous dialogues Designed for school commencements and amateur theatricals (reference) Stage Lighting in the Boondocks: A Layman's Handbook of Down-To-Earth Methods of Lighting Theatricals With Limited Resources (reference) Temples of Thespis; Some Private Theatres and Theatricals in England and Wales, 1700-1820 (reference) Theatricals - 2nd Series (BCL1-PS American Literature) (reference) Tropical Baroque: Pour Manileno Theatricals (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ferris' Comedians bargains in theatricals.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"THEATRICALS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "THEATRICALS" is used about 17 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 (plural)	94.12%	16	87,710
Lexical Verb (-s form)	5.88%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	17	N/A

Expression using "THEATRICALS": amateur theatricals. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "THEATRICALS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shfaqje (apparition, appearance, demonstration, display, emergence, emersion, exhibition, manifestation, parade, presentation, presentment, profession, raree show, reveal, screening, sellout, shew, show, showing). (various references)

Bulgarian		театралничене (histrionics), театрални представления (theatrics). (various references)

Czech		divadlo (board, pageant, Playhouse, show, stage, theatre), divadelní představení. (various references)

German		Liebhaberaufführungen. (various references)

Greek		ερασιτεχνική παράσταση. (various references)

Hungarian		színjátszás (acting, dramatics, iridescence). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 人芝居 (amateur dramatic performance, amateur theatricals). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しろうとしばい (amateur dramatic performance, amateur theatricals). (various references)

Manx		taishbynys draamey. (various references)

Pig Latin		eatricalsthay

Romanian		spectacole, îndeletniciri actoriceşti. (various references)

Russian		спектакль (performance, show). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		teatralnost (theatricality). (various references)

Spanish		funciones teatrales. (various references)

Swedish		amatörteater (amateur theatricals). (various references)

Turkish		amatörlerin sahnelediği oyunlar, amatör oyunlar. (various references)

Ukranian		постановка (production, setting, staging). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"THEATRICALS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: theatricus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "THEATRICALS" (pronounced 'The*at"ric*als'): Academicals, Als, Annals, Canonicals, Fallals, genitals, Hals, Lachrymals, Mediaevals, Natals, Navals, Occidentals, Pentecostals, Protometals, Quadragesimals, regimentals, Substantials, Technicals, Tummals, Victuals, Vitals. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: clathrates, theatrical.
	-2 letters: athletics, attachers, clathrate, hatterias, tailraces, theatrics, theriacal, theriacas.
	-3 letters: alcahest, archaise, archaist, ariettas, aristate, articles, athletic, attacher, attaches, castrate, castrati, cattails, chariest, charlies, chartist, chattels, chatters, chattier, chitters, citharas, citrates, clatters, cristate, ethicals, hatteria, hetairas, lactates, latchets, lathiest, lattices, ratchets, rattails, reattach, recitals, restitch, scattier, statical, sterical, stitcher, tachiste, tailrace.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-r-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: straightlaced, theatricalism.
	+3 letters: catachrestical, theatricalisms, theatricalizes.
	+4 letters: orchestrational, theatricalities.
	+5 letters: catachrestically, thermostatically.
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