landscape
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landscape
- /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ UK
- /ˈlæn(d)skɪp/ obsolete
Where it comes from
From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.
noun landscapes · landskip
- A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features. Piſcat[or]. [...] [T]heſe Hills though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good Beef, and Mutton above ground, and afford good ſtore of Lead within. / Viat[or]. They had need of all thoſe commodities to make amends for the ill Land-ſchape: [...]
- A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen. The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.
- A sociological aspect of a physical area. In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.]
- A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc. The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my
- The pictorial aspect of a country.
- a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides.
- A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape").
- a situation that is presented, a scenario. The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years
Similar: landscape, outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scene, scenery, terrain, view · Opposite: portrait
verb landscapes · landscaping · landscaped · landskip
- To create or maintain a landscape.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: landscape painting, panorama, scenery, topography, medium, topographical, paysage, skyline, map, picture, horizontal, horizon, environment, milieu, horizontally, scenic
Translations
Every language
noun portion of land or territory
| Español | paisaje, terrazo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 풍경 punggyeong, 경관 gyeonggwan, 랜드스케이프 raendeuseukeipeu |
| 日本語 | 景色 keshiki, ランドスケープ randosukēpu, 風景 fūkei |
| 中文 | 風景 /风景 fēngjǐng, 景色 jǐngsè |
| हिन्दी | भूदृश्य bhūdŕśya, परिदृश्य paridŕśya, मंज़र manzar, नज़ारा nazārā |
| Português | paisagem, panorama, vista |
| Français | paysage |
| Deutsch | Landschaft |
| Italiano | paesaggio, panorama |
| Ελληνικά | τοπίο topío |
| Română | peisaj |
| Русский | ландша́фт landšáft, пейза́ж pejzáž |
| Tiếng Việt | phong cảnh, cảnh sắc |
| العربية | مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ manẓar ṭabīʕiyy, مَنْظَر manẓar |
| עברית | נוֹף nof |
noun picture representing a scene
| Español | paisaje, terrazo |
|---|---|
| Português | paisagem |
| Italiano | paesaggio |
| Русский | пейза́ж pejzáž |
noun pictorial aspect of a country
| Español | paisaje |
|---|---|
| Português | paisagem |
| Deutsch | Landschaft |
| Italiano | paesaggio |
| Ελληνικά | τοπίο topío |
| Română | peisaj |
noun mode of printing
| Español | modo apaisado, modo horizontal |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 横 yoko |
| Português | paisagem |
| Français | paysage |
| Deutsch | Querformat |
| Italiano | orizzontale |
| Русский | альбо́мная ориента́ция alʹbómnaja orijentácija |
noun space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made
| Português | ambiente |
|---|
Talk about this word "landscape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/landscape. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. landscape. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/landscape "landscape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/landscape.Cite this
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title = {landscape},
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