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How to pronounce “pantomime”
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Pronunciation guide for pantomime
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pantomime with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jesse Eisenberg, Bella Ramsey & Jonathan Jakubowicz
JONATHAN JAKUBOWICZ: Well, the final pantomime
- Definition summary
- (now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
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How to pronounce pantomime
Jesse Eisenberg, Bella Ramsey & Jonathan Jakubowicz
JONATHAN JAKUBOWICZ: Well, the final pantomime
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pantomime”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
- (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
- (UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]
- The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime. [from 18th c.]
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.
- (transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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