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CIRCO [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-01-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Variety Shows and Circuses
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- circus
1, record 1, English, circus
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A travelling show of acrobats, clowns, horses, riders and wild animals. 1, record 1, English, - circus
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cirque
1, record 1, French, cirque
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Troupe d'artistes, traditionnellement itinérante, qui comporte le plus souvent des acrobates, des numéros de dressage et de domptage d’animaux, des spectacles de clowns, des tours de magie. 2, record 1, French, - cirque
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Espectáculos de variedades y Circo
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- circo
1, record 1, Spanish, circo
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Espectáculo en un recinto cubierto por una carpa, con gradería para los espectadores, que tiene en medio una o varias pistas donde actúan malabaristas, payasos, equilibristas, animales amaestrados, etc. 1, record 1, Spanish, - circo
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-10-03
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Variety Shows and Circuses
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- variety show
1, record 2, English, variety%20show
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- spectacle de variétés
1, record 2, French, spectacle%20de%20vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dans la langue soignée ou simplement correcte, on évitera l'expression «un variétés», forme elliptique de «spectacle de variétés», dont on se sert familièrement pour désigner une émission de variétés. Cette ellipse est doublement choquante puisqu'elle accole un article masculin singulier à un substantif féminin pluriel. Le mot «variétés» employé seul avec l'article pluriel désigne correctement le genre de ces émissions. Exemple : Le Service des Variétés; travailler aux variétés. 1, record 2, French, - spectacle%20de%20vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Espectáculos de variedades y Circo
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- espectáculo de variedades
1, record 2, Spanish, espect%C3%A1culo%20de%20variedades
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Los espectáculos de variedades y las primeras exhibiciones del arte de la fotografía en movimiento: las primeras proyecciones de espectáculos de vistas animadas, en el país, fueron fotográficas, como se ha podido documentar. 1, record 2, Spanish, - espect%C3%A1culo%20de%20variedades
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