Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dramaturge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: dra-maturge
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.

noun

A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.

verb

To act as a dramaturge.

Example Sentences

"It expresses concerns about programming (“We have watched you program play after play, written, directed, cast, choreographed, designed, acted, dramaturged and produced by your rosters of white theatermakers for white audiences”); […]"

Etymology

* Definition 1: Borrowed from French dramaturge. * Definition 2: Borrowed from German Dramaturg.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dramaturge, Dramaturg

Inflected Forms

dramaturges (plural) dramaturges (present, singular) dramaturging (participle, present) dramaturged (participle, past) dramaturged (past)

Frequently Paired Words

dramaturgic dramaturgical dramaturgically dramaturgist dramaturgy

Synonyms

dramaturgist dramaturg

Questions

What does dramaturge mean?: Someone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
Where does dramaturge come from?: It is traced to French.

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