bafta
bafta Lexical Profile
bafta Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British An acronym for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, an independent British charity and trade academy that supports, develops, and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television, and video games) in the United Kingdom.
"The director was invited to give a masterclass at BAFTA headquarters in London."
British An annual award or trophy (shaped like a theatrical mask) presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for excellence in film, television, or video games.
"She won her first BAFTA for her leading role in the historical drama."
A coarse, inexpensive woven cotton fabric originally produced in India and historically exported to Africa and the Middle East.
"Merchants in the seventeenth century traded bolts of white and dyed bafta along the West African coast."
Word Origin & Etymology
In its textile sense, borrowed in the late 16th century from Persian bafta ('woven'), the past participle of baftan ('to weave'). In its cultural sense, formed in the 20th century as an acronym for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.