drame
French, noun/dʁam/
drame is spelled D-R-A-M-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drame is a French masculine noun meaning “drama (piece of theatre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de théâtre (tragique ou comique)”.
What does drame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrama (piece of theatre)
- 2
masculinedrama (something entertaining or action-packed)
- 3
masculinetragedy (shocking and saddening event)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de théâtre (tragique ou comique). 2. Pièce de théâtre en vers ou en prose, entre la tragédie et la comédie (sens apparu dans la première moitié du XVIIIᵉ siècle). 3. Genre cinématographique qui traite de situations généralement non-épiques dans un contexte sérieux, sur un ton plus susceptible d’inspirer la tristesse que le rire. 4. Événement pénible ou suite d’événements qui émeuvent, qui touchent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of drame
- drames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drame?
- /dʁam/
- \dʁam\
- [dʁam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drame in French?
drame appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).