diorama
See also: Diorama
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek διά- (diá-, “through, across, by, over”) + ὅραμα (hórama, “view”). Coined by Louis Daguerre (1822).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
Noun
diorama (plural dioramas)
- 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
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French diorama, coined by Louis Daguerre.
Pronunciation
Noun
diorama n (plural diorama's)
- 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.
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- 1830, "Tafereel van de schouwburgen te Londen", Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, page 330.
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See also
Italian
Noun
diorama m (plural diorami)
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Portuguese
Noun
diorama m (plural dioramas)
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