amphitheater
pronunciation
How to pronounce amphitheater in British English:
UK [ˌæmfɪ'θɪətə]
How to pronounce amphitheater in American English:
US [ˌæmfɪ'θɪrtə]
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- Noun:
- a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
- an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
Word Origin
- amphitheater (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin amphitheatrum, from Greek amphitheatron "double theater, amphitheater," neuter of amphitheatros "with spectators all around," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + theatron "theater" (see theater). Classical theaters were semi-circles, thus two together made an amphi-theater.
Example
- 1. Men fought with lions in the arenaof thegreat amphitheater at rome .
- 2. These archaeological ruins include a remarkable amphitheater with a seating capacity of two thousand .
- 3. Annie : that must be the oval unroofed amphitheater in rome . It was basically a stadium with comprehensive functions .
- 4. The amphitheater is being built .
- 5. It is 155 feet in diameter topped with a playground and an amphitheater .