# diorama
## English
### 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/, (sometimes) /ˌdaɪəˈræmə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːmə

### Noun

diorama (plural dioramas)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* dioramic

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* amaroid

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, coined by Louis Daguerre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdi.oːˈraː.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧o‧ra‧ma
* Rhymes: -aːmaː

### Noun

diorama n (plural diorama's)
* 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* panorama

### See also

* kijkkast

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djɔ.ʁa.ma/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)
* diorama

### Further reading

* “diorama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

diorama m (plural diorami)
* (art) diorama

### Anagrams

* Amadori, amadori, ardiamo, armadio, radiamo

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + ὅραμα (hórama).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djɔˈra.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: dio‧ra‧ma

### Noun

diorama f
* (art) diorama (three-dimensional display of a scenery)

#### Derived terms

* dioramiczny
* dioramowy

### Further reading

* diorama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.oˈɾɐ.ma/ [d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ.ma], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /djuˈɾɐ.mɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /djuˈɾɐ.mɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /djuˈɾa.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: di‧o‧ra‧ma

### Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)
* (art) diorama (a three-dimensional display of a scenery)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djoˈɾama/ [d̪joˈɾa.ma]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: dio‧ra‧ma

### Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)
* diorama

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10