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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|proscænium}}

===Etymology===
From {{uder|en|la|proscaenium||in front of the scenery}}, from {{uder|en|grc|προσκήνιον}}, from {{m|grc|πρό||before}} + {{m|grc|σκηνή||scene building}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɹəʊˈsiː.ni.əm/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proscenium.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/pɹoʊˈsiː.ni.əm/|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|proscenia}}

# {{lb|en|in a modern|_|theater}} The [[stage]] [[area]] between the [[curtain]] and the [[orchestra]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Manohla Dargis|title=‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country|work=The New York Times|date=2023-06-15|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/movies/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one. There’s no '''proscenium''', no stage, no wings, no audience. }}
# {{lb|en|in an ancient|_|theater}} The [[stage]] area immediately in front of the scene building.
# {{lb|en|in an ancient|_|theater}} The row of [[column]]s at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1936|author=Roy C. Flickinger|title=The Greek Theater and Its Drama|edition=4th|page=58
|passage=The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the '''''proscenium''''' (''πρό'', "before"+''σκηνή'').}}
# A [[proscenium arch]].
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1979
|author=w:J.G. Ballard
|title=w:The Unlimited Dream Company
|section=chapter 19
|passage= Screamers trumpeted from the roof of the supermarket, white storks rattled their bills as their surveyed the town from the '''proscenium''' of the filling-station.}}

====Coordinate terms====
{{top2}}
* {{l|en|auditorium}}
* {{l|en|episcenium}}
* {{l|en|logium}}
* {{l|en|orchestra}}
* {{l|en|parascenium}}
* {{l|en|parodus}}
* {{l|en|thymele}}
{{bottom}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|proscenium curtain}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|modern theatre: stage area between the curtain and the orchestra}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|авансце́на|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|prosceni|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|proscenium|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσκήνιο|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuaaroaro}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|proscenium|n}}, {{t|pl|przedscenie|n}}, {{t|pl|awanscena|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|авансце́на|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|proscenio|m}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|prosenyo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|ancient theatre: stage area immediately in front of the scene building}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|prosceni|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|proscenium|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσκήνιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|προσκήνιον|n}}
* Latin: {{t|la|proscaenium|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|proscenium}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|проске́ниум|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|ancient theatre: row of columns at the front the scene building}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|prosceni|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Bühnenfassade}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|προσκήνιον|n}}
*: Modern: {{t+|el|προσκήνιο|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|proscenium arch}}

==Danish==

===Noun===
{{da-noun|stem=prosceni|et|er}}

# {{l|en|proscenium}}

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|stem=prosceni|et|er}}

==French==

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|proscenium}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Latin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|la|proscaenium}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|grc|προσκήνιον}}, from {{m|grc|πρό||before}} + {{m|grc|σκηνή||scene building}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|eccl=1|vul=1|proscēnium}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|proscēnium<2>}}

# {{l|en|proscenium}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|proscēnium<2>}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ca|prosceni|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|en|proscenium|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|proscénium}}
* {{desc|it|proscenio}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

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==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|la|proscenium}} or {{bor|ro|fr|proscenium}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|prosceniumuri}}

# {{l|en|proscenium}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}