pantomime
The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performersThe drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
» He acted out a pantomime at the party.
На вечірці він показував пантоміму.
Meaning
4 senses(Ancient Rome, countable, uncountable)The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots.
Pantomime
пантоми́маpantomíma
(countable, uncountable)The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime.
Pantomime
пантоми́маpantomíma
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
Examples
3 sentencesHe acted out a pantomime at the party.
На вечірці він показував пантоміму. — anastasishko
The pantomime is crowded with merry hearts.
He created an iconic, angular style of dance that incorporated pantomime techniques, lightning-fast changes, and his signature "moonwalk."
Translations
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Origin
First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos),First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “to mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.
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Forms
plural: pantomimes| Singular | pantomime |
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Synonyms
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