proscenium
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proscenium
- /pɹəʊˈsiː.ni.əm/ UK
- /pɹoʊˈsiː.ni.əm/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin proscaenium (“in front of the scenery”), from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion), from πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene building”).
noun prosceniums · proscenia · proscænium
- The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra. It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one. There’s no proscenium, no stage, no wings, no audience.
- The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
- The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage. The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the proscenium (πρό, "before"+σκηνή).
- A proscenium arch. Screamers trumpeted from the roof of the supermarket, white storks rattled their bills as their surveyed the town from the proscenium of the filling-station.
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noun modern theatre: stage area between the curtain and the orchestra
| Español | proscenio |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | προσκήνιο proskínio |
| Русский | авансце́на avanscéna |
noun ancient theatre: stage area immediately in front of the scene building
| Ελληνικά | προσκήνιο proskínio |
|---|---|
| Русский | проске́ниум proskénium |
noun ancient theatre: row of columns at the front the scene building
| Deutsch | Bühnenfassade |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | προσκήνιο proskínio |
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@misc{proscenium_2026,
title = {proscenium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proscenium},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
