"diorama" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dioramas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːmə Etymology: Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-, “through, across, by, over”) + ὅραμα (hórama, “view”). The French term was coined by Louis Daguerre (1822). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|diorama}} French diorama, {{der|en|grc|δια-||through, across, by, over}} Ancient Greek δια- (dia-, “through, across, by, over”), {{m|grc|ὅραμα||view}} ὅραμα (hórama, “view”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Wikipedia link: diorama Derived forms: dioramic Translations (a three-dimensional display of a scenery): dioraama (Finnish), diorama [masculine] (French), diorama [masculine] (Galician), Diorama [neuter] (German), dioráma (Hungarian), diorama (Italian), شهر فرنگ (šahr-e farang) (Persian), diorama [feminine] (Polish), diorama [masculine] (Portuguese), dioramă [feminine] (Romanian), диора́ма (dioráma) [feminine] (Russian), diorama [masculine] (Spanish), diorama [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diorama-en-noun-bYvQYV-w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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