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Meaning of "histrion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTRION

histrion  [ˈhɪstriːɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTRION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Histrion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HISTRION


antimuon
ˌæntɪˈmjuːɒn
Cleon
ˈkliːɒn
Creon
ˈkriːɒn
Dion
´diːɒn
Fluon
ˈfluːɒn
Freon
ˈfriːɒn
gluon
ˈɡluːɒn
gorgoneion
ˌɡɔːɡəˈniːɒn
muon
ˈmjuːɒn
neon
ˈniːɒn
pheon
ˈfiːɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTRION

historicity
historicize
historied
histories
historiette
historify
historiographer
historiographic
historiographical
historiography
historiology
historism
history
histrio
histrionic
histrionical
histrionically
histrionicism
histrionics
histrionism

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTRION

alerion
Ben-Gurion
carrion
centurion
chorion
clarion
counterion
criterion
Hyperion
mitochondrion
morion
omophorion
orchestrion
Orion
prion
septentrion
troparion
turion
virion
zwitterion

Synonyms and antonyms of histrion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «histrion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTRION

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The translations of histrion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «histrion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

histrion
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histrion
570 millions of speakers

English

histrion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

histrion
380 millions of speakers
ar

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بهلوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Histrion
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histrion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙ্গমঁচাভিনেতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

histrion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Histrion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

histrion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒストリオン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

histrion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Histrion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

histrion
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

histrion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनोद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

histrion
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

istrione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Histrion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Histrion
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

histrion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Histrion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

histrion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

histrion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Histrion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of histrion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTRION»

The term «histrion» is regularly used and occupies the 98.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTRION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «histrion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «histrion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about histrion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTRION»

Discover the use of histrion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to histrion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Renaissance Comedy: The Italian Masters -
HISTRION II: What? Applaud and go home? After all the work I've done on this ... this abstract, this argument–whatever the hell you want to call it – trying to make this shit flow smoothly? And now you want me to throw it away? You're about as ...
Don Beecher, The Da Ponte Library, 2008
2
Epic Reinvented: Ezra Pound and the Victorians
Both "Mesmerism" from A Lume Spento (1908) and "Histrion" published in A Quinzaine (1908) pose the problems of "Fifine Answers" in terms of the influence of one artist upon another. "Mesmerism" obviously is both Pound's most affectionate ...
Mary Ellis Gibson, 1995
3
Shropshire: Editorial apparatus
1492-3 Bailiffs' Accounts sro: 3365/951 mb Id* (Expenses) C Et de xx s. solutif in regard*? histrion/c &omini Regis hoc awwo De ij s. ij d. 5 Arsolutw1 pro vino dato eisdem histrion/pw* in audiendo melodiaw suaw De x s. solutw in regardo ...
J. A. B. Somerset, 1994
4
Beyond the "Seconda Prattica": Claudio Monteverdi and the ...
The Histrion is not allowed to finish his "anti" prologue frame for the play, but is cut off by arrival of the characters in the opening scene. Leonard G. Sbrocchi and J. Douglas Campbell observe that a tension is created in Aretino's anti-prologue  ...
Gordon Haramaki, 2008
5
A Natural History of the Ducks: Plectropterinae, ...
French: Canard histrion, Garrot histrion, Harelde histrion, Canard arlequin, Garrot arlequin, Histrion arlequin, Canard 5. collier, Histrion 5. collier, Canne de roche. Italian: Moretta arlecchino, Moretta col collare. F aroese: Brimondt. Norwegian: ...
John Charles Phillips, 1922
6
Poetic Principles and Practice: Occasional Papers on ...
But neither 'pitre' nor 'baraque' is here: we have to deduce them from the past ' histrion' and the 'mur de toile' (a suggestive metaphor or metonymy conveying a concrete impression in place of a general term or 'label'). The precise meaning of  ...
‎1987
7
General English and French Dictionary: Newly Composed from ...
HurOUIOGRArHER [hIai4rtogrlrtr]n. raphe, m. HISTORY [b!» tori) n. i. hie/efre (r«j- le'mnenicnls), f.; 1. historiqut, m. kilunl — , = naturelle ; saci-cj — , .ucree, taints. Stream of — , /!rui e iioriaar, m. — piece, tableau d ' — , m. HISTRION [kb'iHun] n  ...
Alexander Spiers, 1849
8
The Strange Sad War Revolving: Walt Whitman, Reconstruction, ...
Columbus, "the chief histrion," had awakened the demise of the "sunset splendor of chivalry" in his discovery of the continent that would give rise to America, the birthplace of revolutionary democracy. Though Columbus had set out to discover  ...
Luke Mancuso, 1997
9
Poem and Symbol: A Brief History of French Symbolism
Lines 2 and 3 complete the quatrain: Autre que I'histrion qui du geste evoquais Comme plume la suie ignoble des quinquets. (Other than the actor who evoked by gesture As the pen evokes the base soot of the lamps.) The new intoxication ...
Wallace Fowlie, 2010
10
An etymological dictionary of the English language
Iiistcr, a Tuscan word), a stage- player: a.s, histrion 'xc, befìttins; the stage, ( fhcatricaf.) hin'lrion, n. hhtrion'ic&ì, «. his'irionism, n. hixirion'ic, a. histrion' ically, tvl. IIodie, ado. (à hoc <lic), to-(ìay — hodler'naì, a. Moi.— os (ôXos), thc v.hóle, ail : as, ...
John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTRION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term histrion is used in the context of the following news items.
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La presse gabonaise lue par l'Agitateur : Eyeghe Ndong et …
Avant Eyéghé Ndong et Amoughé Mba, un autre histrion s'est livré au même exercice de pirouette politicienne. Jean-Marc Ekoh, qui se ... «Gabon Eco, Jun 15»
2
« Mia madre » : habemus palmam ?
Ledit Barry présente en effet plusieurs caractéristiques rédhibitoires : c'est un histrion mythomane, il est aussi minable que mauvais acteur, ... «Le Monde, May 15»
3
National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut Wins Best Actress
... to Mahratti film 'Court', best actor to Vijaya Kumar B for Kannada film 'Nanu Avanalla Avalu' and best histrion to Kangana Ranaut for 'Queen'. «IndRead, May 15»
4
Koons, Warhol, Duchamp, trois Américains à Paris
... les hiérarchies de goût, l'artiste trader garantit la principale : la ségrégation économique et financière, tout en se faisant l'histrion pathétique ... «Libération, Dec 14»
5
« Love is strange » : Ben et George, un couple de rêve
... et Alfred Molina donnent chair non seulement à leurs personnages respectifs (le patriarche un peu histrion, l'introverti doucement ironique), ... «Le Monde, Nov 14»
6
BWW Reviews: A Wonderful New Theater Inaugurated In Side …
... I may put it that way as Bottom (the weaver who thinks himself a great histrion but ends up an ass, literally); Bobby Heneberg as Francis Flute, ... «Broadway World, Sep 14»
7
Aligulac lance sa version française
Histrion a ainsi été le premier à contacter aligulac.com et s'est de fait retrouver porteur du projet. Il a vite été rejoint par Boucot, que les lecteurs ... «Millenium, Sep 14»
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Solidaires des Palestiniens, disent-ils...
Elle n'attend plus que le nouvel histrion (les candidats ne manquent pas)qui l'organise, la légalise, la déclare nécessaire et légitime.De peu de ... «Le Nouvel Observateur, Jul 14»
9
Entretien avec Dominique Baettig sur l'affaire Dieudonné
J'avoue que Dieudonné pratique un humour « hénaurme » et que j'apprécie son aspect d'histrion affranchi et insolent. C'est le contraire de ... «Egalité et Réconciliation, Jan 14»
10
Judd Apatow, mode d'emploi
On s'attendait à tomber sur un histrion surexcité. La faute à des films férocement drôles, comme 40 ans, toujours puceau, ou à des productions ... «L'Express, Mar 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Histrion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/histrion>. May 2024 ».
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