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theatre

UK ( US theater)
 
 
/ˈθɪətər/ noun

Translation

BUILDING WITH STAGE [C] a building with a stage where people go to watch plays
tiyatro binası
the Arts Theatre1462
BUILDING FOR FILMS [C] US a building where people go to watch films
sinema binası/salonu
a movie theater14621472
WORK [U] the work of writing, acting in, and producing plays
tiyatro
I want to work in theatre.1464
MEDICAL [C, U] UK a room in a hospital where doctors do operations
ameliyathane
365612
(Definition of theatre noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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