different between diorama vs shadowbox

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek ???- (diá-, “through, across, by, over”) + ????? (hórama, “view”). Coined by Louis Daguerre (1822).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• amaroid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French diorama, coined by Louis Daguerre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.o??ra?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: di?o?ra?ma
• Rhymes: -a?ma?

Noun

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", Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, page 330.

Related terms

• panorama

See also

• kijkkast

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dj?.?a.ma/

Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)

1. diorama

Italian

Noun

diorama m (plural diorami)

1. (art) diorama

Anagrams

• ardiamo
• armadio
• radiamo

Portuguese

Noun

diorama m (plural dioramas)

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

English

Alternative forms

• shadow-box

Etymology

shadow + box

Noun

shadowbox (plural shadowboxes)

1. A diorama

Translations

Verb

shadowbox (third-person singular simple present shadowboxes, present participle shadowboxing, simple past and past participle shadowboxed)

1. (boxing, martial arts) To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.

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