Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

الكومبارس

English translation:

Extras

Added to glossary by jankopolo
Apr 16, 2009 14:41
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term

الكومبارس

Arabic to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
العمل في الفيلم الواحد يتطلب المئات من الكومبارس

Proposed translations

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Extras

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I don't have a link, but that's what it is.

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-04-16 14:52:00 GMT)
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Comes from French "comparse" with the same meaning.
Peer comment(s):

agree sktrans
18 mins
agree Nesrin : 4b) A performer hired to play a minor part, as in a crowd scene in a film. http://www.answers.com/topic/extra
48 mins
agree Alexander Yeltsov
3 hrs
agree Mohamed Ghazal
6 hrs
agree nevine ibrahim
10 hrs
agree Bubo Coroman (X) : yes, "extras" or "walkers-on" http://www.wordreference.com/fren/comparse
15 hrs
agree Hanan Sharabati
1 day 13 hrs
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59 mins

stooge

تعريف الكومبارس

أنظر تعريف الكومبارس في الأسفل بالعربي و الإنجليزي و الفرنسي

الكومبارس يعيشون على فتات النجوم ويحلمون ان يصلوا الى النجومية ترعاهم في الوقت الذي يصفق فيه الجمهور لبطل افيش الفيلم لا ينظر إلى البطل الحقيقي الذي يجب ان نرفع له القبعات

http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/comparse

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stooge


http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/comparse

THÉÂTRE et ARTS DU SPECTACLE. Personnage jouant un rôle muet ou un rôle insignifiant dans les représentations scéniques.
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
1 hr
disagree Mohamed Ghazal : It's abvious from the context that they are referring to crowds and not stooges. And كومبارس is a secondary actor, not necessarily the subject of pranks or ridicule like the stooge used to be.
6 hrs
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5 hrs

secondary actor or combarse

the combarse is the actor who plays small parts in limited scenes .
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15 hrs

Theatrical troupe

The word كمبارس itself seems foreign, probably French ie a transliteration from the original word ...other wise the explanation by the asker suffices
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