scenery
Etymology
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Etymology
Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈsiːnəɹi/, /ˈsiːnɹi/
scenery
- View, natural features, landscape.
- 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.
- French: décor naturel, paysage
- German: Landschaft
- Italian: paesaggio
- Portuguese: paisagem
- Russian: пейза́ж
- Spanish: paisaje
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