diorama

Borrowed from French diorama.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/, (sometimes) /ˌdaɪəˈræmə/

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• 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.
   • 2025 May 29, Alissa Wilkinson, “‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Plans to Save His Soul”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     With his diorama-like compositions and tales of longing — usually for a loving family — Wes Anderson has taken audiences most everywhere on the planet: Asia and Europe, New York City and the American southwest, a fox’s hole and an island inhabited by dogs.

• dioramic

• 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”, in 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

Coined by French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype Louis Daguerre in 1822 from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-, “through, across, by, over”) + ὅραμα (hórama, “view”).

• 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 δια- (dia-) + ὅραμα (hórama).

• IPA^(key): /djɔˈra.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dio‧ra‧ma

diorama f

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

• diorama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: di‧o‧ra‧ma

diorama m (plural dioramas)

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

• IPA^(key): /djoˈɾama/ [d̪joˈɾa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: dio‧ra‧ma

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

• “diorama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024