pantomime

pan·to·mime  (pnt-mm)

n.

1. Communication by means of gesture and facial expression: Some tourists make themselves understood abroad by pantomime.

2.

a. The telling of a story without words, by means of bodily movements, gestures, and facial expressions.

b. A play, dance, or other theatrical performance characterized by such wordless storytelling.

c. An ancient Roman theatrical performance in which one actor played all the parts by means of gesture and movement, accompanied by a narrative chorus.

d. A player in such a performance.

3. A traditional British Christmas entertainment for children, usually based on nursery tales and featuring stock characters in costume who sing, dance, and perform skits.

v. pan·to·mimed, pan·to·mim·ing, pan·to·mimes

v.tr.

To represent or express by pantomime: pantomine a story on the stage; pantomimed "baby" by cradling an imaginary infant.

v.intr.

To express oneself in pantomime.

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[Latin pantommus, a pantomimic actor, from Greek pantommos : panto-, all (from ps, pant-; see pan-) + mmos, mime.]

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panto·mimic (-mmk) adj.

panto·mimist (-mmst) n.

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pantomime

Noun

1. (in Britain) a play based on a fairy tale and performed at Christmas time

2. a theatrical entertainment in which words are replaced by gestures and bodily actions

3. Informal, chiefly Brit a confused or farcical situation [Greek pantomīmos]

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pantomime

the art of mute acting. — pantomimist, n.

See also: Performing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pantomime - a performance using gestures and body movements without words dumb show, mime acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama panto - an abbreviation of pantomime
Verb	1.	pantomime - act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" mime playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

Translations

pantomime [ˈpæntəmaɪm] n (BRIT) → representación f musical navideña

pantomime

En época navideña los teatros británicos ponen en escena representaciones llamadas pantomimes, versiones libres de cuentos tradicionales como Aladino o El gato con botas. En ella nunca faltan personajes como la dama ("dame"), papel que siempre interpreta un actor; el protagonista joven ("principal boy"), normalmente interpretado por una actriz, y el malvado ("villain"). Es un espectáculo familiar dirigido a los niños pero con grandes dosis de humor para adultos en el que se alienta la participación del público.

pantomime [ˈpæntəmaɪm] n (Brit) → spectacle m de Noël

pantomime [ˈpæntəmaɪm] n (at Christmas) → spettacolo natalizio;

(tecnica) → pantomima

pantomime

In Gran Bretagna la pantomime (abbreviata in panto) è una sorta di libera interpretazione delle favole più conosciute che vengono messe in scena nei teatri durante il periodo natalizio. Gli attori principali sono la dama, dame, che è un uomo vestito da donna, il protagonista, principal boy, che è una donna travestita da uomo, e il cattivo, villain . È uno spettacolo per tutta la famiglia, che prevede la partecipazione del pubblico.

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pantomime

n pantomime [ˈpӕntəmaim]

1 a play performed at Christmas time, usually based on a popular fairy tale, with music, dancing, comedy etc. pantomimeفَن التَّمْثيل الصّامِتколедна сценка(vánoční) pohádková revueeventyrkomediedie Pantomime, weihnachtliches Laienspielθεατρική εορταστική παράστασηrevista musical en época de Navidades (Brit)jõulunäidendنمایش فکاهی و موزیکالjoulunäytelmäspectacle de Noëlפַּנטוֹמִימָהमूकाभिनय, मूकनाट्यmuzički igrokaz na temu iz bajkepantomimpantomimlátbragðsleikur(spettacolo natalizio)おとぎ芝居무언극kalėdinis vaidinimas vaikamspantomīma; uzvedumspantomimpantomimegjøglerspill, eventyrspillpantomimapantomima(spectacol de) pantomimăрождественская пьеса-сказка(vianočná) rozprávková revuebožična predstavaBožićna predstavajulshowการแสดงในช่วงวันคริสต์มาสperi masalı temsili童話劇，舞劇вистава для дітей; п'єса-казкаکرسمس کے موقع کا ايک ڈرامہkịch thần thoại童话剧，舞剧

2 (also mime) a performance by an actor done without using words He studied pantomime in acting school.pantomimeتَمثيل إيمائيпантомимаpantomimapantomimedie Pantomimeπαντομίμαpantomimapantomiimنمایش صامتpantomimeפַּנטוֹמִימָהमूक अभिनेता, मूक अभिनयpantomimapantomimpantomimpantomimaパントマイム、無言劇pantomima, gestų kalbapantomīmapantomimpantomimepantomimepantomimaпантомимаpantomímapantomimapantomimapantomimละครใบ้pandomim啞劇表演пантомімаخاموش اداکاريkịch câm哑剧表演

v

to act out a scene without using words Since she couldn't speak French, she had to pantomime her request for water.uitbeeld, met gebare praatيُمَثِّل بِصورَة إيمائيَّهиграя в пантомимаhrát pantomimumimereregebärden, mit Körpersprache darstellenκάνω παντομίμαhacer una pantomimažestikuleerimaبه صورت پانتومیم بیان کردنmimerלַעֲשוֹת פַּנטוֹמִימָהमूक अभिनय करना, इशारों से अपनी बात ज़ाहिर करनाnijemo prikazivanjetátogatberpantomimmimare身振で表現するparodyti gestaisattēlot ar kustībāmmenggunakan bahasa badanzich in gebarentaal uitdrukkenmimegrać mimicznieизъясняться жестамиvyjadriť pantomimicky, naznačiť posunkamiizraziti (se) z mimikopokazati pantomimomåskådliggöra med gester, mimaแสดงละครใบ้hareketlerle anlatmak打手勢，演啞劇порозумітися жестамиخاموش اداکاري کرناra hiệu打手势，演哑剧