colosseum

/ˌkɑːləˈsiːəm/

nounco · los · se · um

Think: "COLORS see ’em" — in the colosseum, you can see all the colors of the crowd.

Yes, it's colosseum. Don’t swap the vowels: it’s **-seum** (like “SEE-um”), not **-sium**.

Definition

  1. nouna large stadium or arena, especially the ancient Roman amphitheater in Rome called the Colosseum

Examples

  • We toured the Colosseum in Rome and learned how gladiators fought there.
  • The new sports colosseum can hold more than 50,000 fans.
  • From the top row of the colosseum, the whole field looked tiny.

Synonyms

arenaamphitheaterstadiumbowlcoliseum

Translations

ES coliseoPT coliseuFR colisée

Common misspellings

coloseumcolosseamcolosiumcolosseumcolosseiumcoloseeum

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