diegetic

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

diegetic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to diegesis.

   Synonym: narrative

2. (fiction) Existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.

Antonyms

• commentative
• nondiegetic

Derived terms

• autodiegetic
• diegetically
• extradiegetic
• heterodiegetic
• homodiegetic
• hypodiegetic
• infradiegetic
• intradiegetic
• metadiegetic
• multidiegetic
• polydiegetic

 

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: diegètic
• Czech: diegetický (cs)
• Finnish: diegeettinen (fi)
• French: diégétique (fr)
• German: diegetisch (de)
• Irish: insinte
• Italian: diegetico (it)
• Polish: diegetyczny (pl) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German diegetisch.

Adjective

diegetic m or n (feminine singular diegetică, masculine plural diegetici, feminine and neuter plural diegetice)

1. diegetic

Declension

Declension of diegetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	diegetic		diegetică	diegetici	diegetice
	definite	diegeticul		diegetica	diegeticii	diegeticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	diegetic		diegetice	diegetici	diegetice
	definite	diegeticului		diegeticei	diegeticilor	diegeticelor

References

• diegetic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN