Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare
//ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ//
Synonyms for "shakespeare" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
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7 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَكْسْبِير name (English playwright)
Armenian
1 entries- Շեքսպիր name (English playwright)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Şekspir name (English playwright)
Bashkir
1 entries- Шекспир name (English playwright)
Belarusian
2 entries- Шэкспі́р name (English playwright)
- Шэксьпі́р name (English playwright)
Bengali
1 entries- শেক্সপীয়ার name (English playwright)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Ше́кспир name (English playwright)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 莎士比亞 /莎士比亚 name (English playwright)
- 莎翁 name (English playwright)
Danish
1 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
Esperanto
1 entries- Ŝekspiro name (English playwright)
Finnish
1 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
French
1 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
Georgian
1 entries- შექსპირი name (English playwright)
Greek
2 entries- Σαίξπηρ name (English playwright)
- Σαιξπήρος name (English playwright)
Hebrew
1 entries- שייקספיר name (English playwright)
Hindi
1 entries- शेक्सपीयर name (English playwright)
Japanese
1 entries- シェイクスピア name (English playwright)
Korean
1 entries- 셰익스피어 name (English playwright)
Latin
1 entries- Shakespeārius name (English playwright)
Latvian
1 entries- Šekspīrs name (English playwright)
Macedonian
1 entries- Ше́кспир name (English playwright)
Marathi
1 entries- शेक्स्पीयर name (English playwright)
Nepali
1 entries- शेक्सपियर name (English playwright)
Polish
1 entries- Szekspir name (English playwright)
Portuguese
1 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
Russian
1 entries- Шекспи́р name (English playwright)
Spanish
1 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
Thai
1 entries- เชกสเปียร์ name (English playwright)
Turkish
2 entries- Shakespeare name (English playwright)
- Şekspir name (English playwright)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Шекспі́р name (English playwright)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Sếch-xpia name (English playwright)
Yiddish
1 entries- שייקספּיר name (English playwright)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting The Merchant of Venice next week.
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So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.
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The professor is noted for his study of Shakespeare.
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