diorama

diorama

See also: Diorama and dioramą

English

One of the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in the City of New York

Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek διά- (diá-, “through, across, by, over”) + ὅραμα (hórama, “view”). The French term was coined by Louis Daguerre (1822).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Noun

diorama (plural dioramas)

1. A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

Translations

a three-dimensional display of a scenery

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: dioraama French: diorama (fr) m German: Diorama (de) n Hungarian: dioráma (hu) Italian: diorama (it) Persian: شهر فرنگ‎ (fa) (šahr-e farang) Polish: diorama (pl) f Portuguese: diorama m Romanian: dioramă (ro) f Russian: диора́ма (ru) f (dioráma) Spanish: diorama m Swedish: diorama (sv) n

Anagrams

• amaroid

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, coined by Louis Daguerre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.oːˈraː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: di‧o‧ra‧ma
• Rhymes: -aːmaː

Noun

diorama n (plural diorama's)

1. A diorama (three-dimensional display of a setting or scenery). [from 1820s]
   • 1830, "Tafereel van de schouwburgen te Londen", Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, page 330.

     De poëzij, deze wettige koningin van de tooneelkunst, heeft er thans slechts den tweeden rang; men doet er heerschen het schilderwerk, de beweging der schermen, zonder te denken, dat deze soort van begoocheling hier nooit eene volkomene uitwerking zal hebben, terwijl de diorama's en panorama's altijd de gelukkigste pogingen van den werktuigkunstenaar en tooneelschilder overtreffen.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Related terms

• panorama

See also

• kijkkast

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French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔ.ʁa.ma/

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Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

Further reading

• “diorama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

diorama m (plural diorami)

1. (art) diorama

Anagrams

• Amadori, amadori, ardiamo, armadio, radiamo

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek διά- (diá-) + ὅραμα (hórama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔˈra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dio‧ra‧ma

Noun

diorama f

1. (art) diorama (three-dimensional display of a scenery)

Declension

Declension of diorama

	singular	plural
nominative	diorama	dioramy
genitive	dioramy	dioram
dative	dioramie	dioramom
accusative	dioramę	dioramy
instrumental	dioramą	dioramami
locative	dioramie	dioramach
vocative	dioramo	dioramy

Derived terms

adjectives

• dioramiczny
• dioramowy

 

Further reading

• diorama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• diorama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. (art) diorama (a three-dimensional display of a scenery)

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Spanish

Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

Further reading

• “diorama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014