diorama

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).

• Rhymes: -ɑːmə

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.

• amaroid

Borrowed from French diorama, coined by Louis Daguerre.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.oːˈraː.maː/

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

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.

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• panorama

• kijkkast

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• IPA^(key): /djɔ.ʁa.ma/

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diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

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

diorama m (plural diorami)

1. (art) diorama

• Amadori, amadori, ardiamo, armadio, radiamo

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

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

diorama f

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

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

diorama m (plural dioramas)

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

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

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