dorama

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek δράω (dráō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor.

Late Latin drāmabor.

English dramabor.

Japanese ドラマ (dorama)bor.

English dorama

From Japanese ドラマ (dorama), from English drama.

Noun

dorama (plural doramas)

1. Japanese TV drama.

Synonyms

• J-drama

Coordinate terms

• animanga
• anime
• dojin
• dojinshi
• doujin
• doujinshi
• Japanimation
• J-film
• J-horror
• J-pop
• manga

Translations

Japanese TV drama — see J-drama

Anagrams

• Amador, Madora, Morada, armado, morada

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ドラマ, from English drama. Doublet of drama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.ˈra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: do‧ra‧ma

Noun

dorama (plural dorama-dorama)

1. (drama) dorama

   Synonym: drajep

   Hypernym: drama

Further reading

• “dorama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

dorama

1. Rōmaji transcription of ドラマ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ドラマ, from English drama. Doublet of drama.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈɾɐ.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈɾɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈɾɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈɾa.mɐ/

Noun

dorama m (plural doramas)

1. Asian TV drama (chiefly K-drama and J-drama)
   • 2023 October 26, “Academia Brasileira de Letras define 'dorama' como nova palavra do português”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎^[1], São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:

     Na sequência, a ABL se aprofunda na explicação. "Os doramas foram criados no Japão na década de 1950 e se expandiram para outros países asiáticos, adquirindo características e marcas culturais próprias de cada território", diz ainda o texto.

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Derived terms

• dorameiro

Further reading

• dorama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈɾama/ [d̪oˈɾa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: do‧ra‧ma

Noun

dorama m (plural doramas)

1. dorama