Comédie Française

American  

[kaw-mey-dee frahn-sez] / kɔ meɪ di frɑ̃ˈsɛz /

noun

1. the French national theater, founded in Paris in 1680, famous for its repertoire of classical French drama.

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Comédie Française British  

/ kɔmedi frɑ̃sɛz /

noun

1. the French national theatre, founded in Paris in 1680

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Example Sentences

In 1906, Coubertin invited dozens of artists and art figures to the Comédie Française in Paris.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

At 18, Bernhardt joined the prestigious company of the Comédie Française theater, in Paris, but she wouldn’t stay long.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Bernhardt, it seems, became accustomed to the hustle, and not long after she was kicked out of the Comédie Française she broke out in an 1868 revival of “Kean” by Alexandre Dumas.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

In the archeological world, there persists a curious legend that, before becoming a Dominican, Père de Vaux was an actor in the Comédie Française.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

In 1829 the use of the word mouchoir in a French adaptation of Othello caused a riot at the Comédie Française.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest