Definitions of pantomime [ˈpæn təˌmaɪm]

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Definition of 'pantomime'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pantomime
the art of conveying emotions, actions, and thoughts by gestures without speech.

2.  pantomime
a play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves by gesture alone, often to the accompaniment of music.

3.  pantomime
significant gesture without speech.

4.  pantomime
(in the Roman Empire)

5.  pantomime
a masked dancer, accompanied by a chorus.

6.  pantomime
a dramatic performance by such a dancer and chorus.

7.  pantomime
a theatrical spectacle common in England at Christmastime, with stock characters who sing, dance, and tell jokes.

8.  pantomime
a pantomimist.

9. (v.t.) pantomime
to express in pantomime.

10. (v.i.) pantomime
to express oneself in pantomime.

Etymology: (1580–90; earlier pantomimus < L < Gk pantómīmos)

Definition of 'pantomime'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) mime, pantomime, dumb show
a performance using gestures and body movements without words

2. (verb) mime, pantomime
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
"The acting students mimed eating an apple"

Definition of 'pantomime'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) pantomime
representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance

2. (noun) pantomime
a universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor

3. (noun) pantomime
one who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist

4. (noun) pantomime
a dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally

5. (noun) pantomime
a dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features

Translation of 'pantomime'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a play performed at Christmas time, usually based on a popular fairy tale, with music, dancing, comedy etc.
Afrikaans: pantomime	Arabic: فَن التَّمْثيل الصّامِت	Bulgarian: коледна сценка
Brazilian: pantomima	Czech: (vánoční) pohádková revue	German: die Pantomime, weihnachtl
Danish: eventyrkomedie	Greek: θεατρική εορταστική παράσ	Spanish: revista musical enépoca d
Estonian: jõulunäidend	Farsi: نمایش فکاهی و موزیکال	Finnish: joulunäytelmä
French: spectacle de Noël	Hebrew: פַּנטוֹמִימָה	Hindi: मूकाभिनय, मूकनाट्य
Croatian: muzički igrokaz na temu i	Hungarian: pantomim	Indonesian: pantomim
Icelandic: látbragðsleikur	Italian: (spettacolo natalizio)	Japanese: おとぎ芝居
Korean: 동화극	Lithuanian: kalėdinis vaidinimas vaik	Latvian: pantomīma; uzvedums
Malay: pantomim	Dutch: pantomime	Norwegian: gjøglerspill, eventyrspil
Polish: pantomima	Persian: نمایش فکاهی و موزیکال	Pashto: هغه لوبې چې بيله خبرو كول
Portuguese: pantomima	Romanian: (spectacol de) pantomimă	Russian: рождественская пьеса-сказ
Slovak: (vianočná) rozprávková re	Slovenian: božična predstava	Serbian: Božićna predstava
Swedish: julshow	Thai: การแสดงในช่วงวันคริสต์มาส	Turkish: peri masalı temsili
Taiwanese: 童話劇，舞劇	Ukrainian: вистава для дітей; п'єса-	Urdu: کرسمس کے موقع کا ايک ڈرام
Vietnamese: kịch thần thoại	Chinese: 童话剧，舞剧
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