backdrop

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/

Noun

backdrop (plural backdrops)

1. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
2. The setting or background of a historical event.

   The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames. — New York Times

   • 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, the Telegraph:

     Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.

Translations

stage scenery

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: escenari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zadní kulisa (cs) f
• Esperanto: dekoracio (eo)
• Finnish: taustakulissi (fi)
• French: décor (fr) m, toile de fond (fr) f
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: bakhengi m, baktjald n, bakgrunnur m, baksvið n

• Italian: scenario (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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• Polish: zasłona f, kotara f
• Portuguese: pano de fundo (pt) m
• Romanian: decor (ro) n, fundal (ro) n
• Russian: за́дник (ru) (zádnik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: brat-cùil (gd) m
• Spanish: bambalina (es) f
• Swedish: kuliss (sv) c, sceneri (sv) n, bakgrund (sv) c, dekor (sv) c

background of a historical event

• French: contexte (fr) m
• Portuguese: pano de fundo (pt) m

• Russian: фон (ru) (fon) m

Verb

backdrop (third-person singular simple present backdrops, present participle backdropping, simple past and past participle backdropped)

1. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

   a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline

Anagrams

• drop back, drop-back, dropback