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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ODEON

O *de "on, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. odéon. See Ode. ]

 

Defn: A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

odeon

odeon |ˈəʊdɪən | noun 1 variant spelling of odeum. 2 (Odeon ) a cinema. [from the name of a chain built in the 1930s. ] ORIGIN from Greek ōideion, from ōidē song (see ode ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

odeon

odeon |ˈəʊdɪən | noun 1 variant spelling of odeum. 2 (Odeon ) a cinema. [from the name of a chain built in the 1930s. ] ORIGIN from Greek ōideion, from ōidē song (see ode ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Odeon

Ode on Substantiv, Neutrum bildungssprachlich , das |Od e on |das Odeon; Genitiv: des Odeons, Plural: die Odeons französisch odéon = Musiksaal < griechisch ōdeĩon, zu: ōdḗ, Ode als Name gebrauchte Bezeichnung für einen größeren Bau besonders für musikalische Darbietungen, Filmvorführungen. Vgl. Odeum

 

Spanish Dictionary

odeón

odeón nombre masculino 1 En la antigua Grecia, edificio o lugar en el que se representaban espectáculos musicales .2 Local destinado a funciones musicales, en especial a la representación de óperas .