pantomime

Etymology
Circa 17th century, from, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
 * 2)  The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4) Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.
 * 1) Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.
 * 1) Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.

Translations

 * German:
 * Japanese: パントマイム
 * Kazakh: пантомима
 * Malay: pantomim​
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: пантомима
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: pantomimo
 * Estonian: pantomiim
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: látbragðsleikur
 * Japanese: パントマイム
 * Malay: pantomim, kialan​
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make (a gesture) without speaking.
 * I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
 * 1)  To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.

Translations

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 * German: pantomimisieren