amphitheatre
Meaning of amphitheatre
noun
- An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.
Ancient Roman amphitheatres were mostly oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.
- A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope a particular rock formation forms a partial or compete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.
Information about amphitheatre
- It is a name.
- The plural form of amphitheatre is: amphitheatres.
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Hyphenation of amphitheatre
am-phithe-atre
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- amphitheatre is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
amphitheatre synonyms
Meaning amphitheater:
Translation of amphitheatre
- French: amphithéâtre
- German: Amphitheater
- Italian: anfiteatro
- Spanish: anfiteatro
- Portuguese: anfiteatro
Anagrams of amphitheatre
Words that rhyme with amphitheatre
theatre, whatre, acariatre, Cleopatre, quatre
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