scenery

English

Alternative forms

• scenary (obsolete)

Etymology

Earlier scenary, from scene +‎ -ary, but now remodelled as scene +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːnəɹi/, /ˈsiːnɹi/
• Rhymes: -iːnəɹi
• Homophone: senary

• Audio (US):

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Noun

scenery (countable and uncountable, plural sceneries)

1. View, natural features, landscape.
2. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
   • 1695, John Dryden, “Preface of the Translator, with a Parallel, of Poetry and Painting”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC, page xliv:

     To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain.

Derived terms

• borrowed scenery
• change of scenery
• chew on the scenery
• chew the scenery
• chew up the scenery
• scenery-chewer
• scenery-chewing

 

Related terms

• scenescape
• sceneshifter

 

Translations

view, natural features, landscape

• Afrikaans: natuurskoon
• Albanian: peizazh (sq) m
• Arabic: مَشْهَد m (mašhad), مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ m (manẓar ṭabīʕiyy), مَنْظَر m (manẓar)
• Armenian: տեսարան (hy) (tesaran), լանդշաֆտ (hy) (landšaft), պեյզաժ (hy) (peyzaž)
• Azerbaijani: mənzərə (az)
• Belarusian: краяві́д m (krajavíd), пейза́ж m (pjejzáž), ландша́фт m (landšáft), від m (vid)
• Bulgarian: пейза́ж (bg) m (pejzáž)
• Burmese: ရှုမျှော်ခင်း (my) (hru.hmyauhkang:), ရှုခင်း (my) (hru.hkang:)
• Catalan: paisatge (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏖᎾᏍᏗᎢ (agatenasdii)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風景／风景 (zh) (fēngjǐng), 景色 (zh) (jǐngsè)

• Czech: scenérie (cs) f, krajina (cs) f
• Danish: landskab (da) n
• Dutch: landschap (nl) n, natuurschoon (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: maastik
• Finnish: maisema (fi)
• French: décor naturel m, paysage (fr) m
• Georgian: პეიზაჟი (ṗeizaži), ლანდშაფტი (landšapṭi)
• German: Landschaft (de) f
• Greek: τοπίο (el) n (topío)
• Hebrew: נוֹף (he) m (nof)
• Hindi: दृश्यावली (hi) f (dŕśyāvlī), भूदृश्य m (bhūdŕśya), सीनरी (hi) f (sīnrī), परिदृश्य m (paridŕśya)
• Hungarian: látvány (hu), táj (hu), tájkép (hu)
• Ido: peizajo (io)
• Italian: paesaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 風景 (ja) (ふうけい, fūkei), 景色 (ja) (けしき, keshiki)
• Khmer: ទេសភាព (teisaʼphiəp), ទស្សនីយភាព (tŭəhsaʼniiyĕəʼphiəp)
• Korean: 경치(景致) (ko) (gyeongchi), 풍경(風景) (ko) (punggyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دیمەن (dîmen)

• Lao: ພູມິພາບ (phū mi phāp), ທິວທັດ (thiu that)
• Macedonian: пејза́ж m (pejzáž)
• Malay: pemandangan
• Marathi: देखावा n (dekhāvā)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landskap (no) n, scene (no) m

• Persian: منظره (fa) (manzare), چشم‌انداز (čašm-andâz)
• Plautdietsch: Omsecht f
• Polish: sceneria f, krajobraz (pl) m, pejzaż (pl) m
• Portuguese: paisagem (pt) f
• Romanian: decor (ro), peisaj (ro), culise (de scenă)
• Russian: пейза́ж (ru) m (pejzáž), ландша́фт (ru) m (landšáft), вид (ru) m (vid)
• Scottish Gaelic: sealladh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пре́део m, крȁјолик m, крȁјобраз m, пѐјза̄ж m

  Roman: prédeo (sh) m, krȁjolik (sh) m, krȁjobraz (sh) m, pèjzāž (sh) m

• Slovak: scenéria f, krajina (sk) f
• Slovene: pokrajina f, pejsaž m
• Spanish: paisaje (es) m, estampa (es) f
• Swahili: mandhari
• Swedish: sceneri (sv) n, bakgrund (sv) c, fond (sv) c, vy (sv) c, utsikt (sv) c, landskap (sv) n
• Tajik: манзара (manzara)
• Thai: ทัศน์ (th), ทิวทัศน์ (th) (tiu-tát), ทัศนียภาพ (tát-sà-nii-yá-pâap), ภูมิประเทศ (th) (puu-mí-bprà-têet)
• Turkish: manzara (tr), peyzaj (tr)
• Ukrainian: краєви́д (uk) m (krajevýd), пейза́ж m (pejzáž), ландша́фт m (landšáft), вид m (vyd)
• Uzbek: peyzaj (uz), manzara (uz)
• Vietnamese: phong cảnh (vi)

stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene

• Bulgarian: декори (bg) m pl (dekori)
• Czech: kulisy f pl
• Dutch: decor (nl) n, coulissen (nl) pl, toneel (nl) n
• Estonian: kulissid, lavadekoratsioonid
• Finnish: kulissit pl
• French: décor (fr) m
• German: Kulisse (de) f
• Hungarian: díszlet (hu)
• Polish: dekoracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
• Russian: кули́сы (ru) f pl (kulísy), декора́ции (ru) f pl (dekorácii)
• Spanish: decorado (es) m
• Swedish: sceneri (sv) n, bakgrund (sv) c, kuliss (sv) c, fond (sv) c

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scenario (it) m (2)