different between panorama vs spectacle

English

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) +? Ancient Greek ????? (hór?ma, “view”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ.n???æ.m?/, /?pæ.n?????m?/
• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

panorama (plural panoramas or panoramata)

1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
2. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
3. (figuratively) A comprehensive survey.

Descendants

• German: Panorama

Translations

Albanian

Noun

panorama

1. plural of panoramë

Catalan

Noun

panorama m (plural panorames)

1. panorama

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English panorama, coined by Robert Barker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.no??ra?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: pa?no?ra?ma
• Rhymes: -a?ma?

Noun

panorama n (plural panorama's, diminutive panoramaatje n)

1. panorama, vista

Derived terms

• panoramadak
• panoramadek

Related terms

• diorama

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.n?.?a.ma/

Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. panorama

Further reading

• “panorama” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

panorama m (plural panorami)

1. view, panorama

   Synonym: vista

2. outline

Derived terms

• panoramico

Anagrams

• paramano

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English panorama

Noun

panorama n (definite singular panoramaet, indefinite plural panorama or panoramaer, definite plural panoramaene)

1. a panorama

Derived terms

• panoramabilde
• panoramautsikt

References

• “panorama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English panorama

Noun

panorama n (definite singular panoramaet, indefinite plural panorama, definite plural panoramaa)

1. a panorama

Derived terms

• panoramabilde, panoramabilete
• panoramautsikt

References

• “panorama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.n??ra.ma/

Noun

panorama f

1. panorama
2. skyline

Declension

Derived terms

• panoramiczny

Further reading

• panorama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area)
2. panorama (picture representing a continuous scene)
3. (figuratively) panorama (comprehensive survey on a subject)

Derived terms

• panorâmico

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panor??ma/
• Hyphenation: pa?no?ra?ma

Noun

panoráma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. panorama

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pano??ama/, [pa.no??a.ma]

Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. scenery
2. panorama
3. outlook

Related terms

• panorámico

Further reading

• “panorama” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English spectacle, from French spectacle, from Latin spect?culum (“a show, spectacle”), from spect? (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speci? (“to see”). See species.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?kt?kl?/
• Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle

Noun

spectacle (plural spectacles)

1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.

2. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.

3. (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
4. (figuratively) Something that helps understanding.

   • Povert' a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friendes see.

5. (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
6. The brille of a snake.
7. (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Synonyms

• (exciting event): show; pageant
• (optical instrument): glasses, eyeglasses, specs

Derived terms

• bespectacled
• counterspectacle
• make a public spectacle of oneself
• make a spectacle of oneself
• spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
• superspectacle

Related terms

• species
• spectacular
• speculate

Translations

Further reading

• spectacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Railway semaphore signal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?k.takl/
• Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle

Noun

spectacle m (plural spectacles)

1. a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert

2. a sight, a showing, a display

Derived terms

• se donner en spectacle

Descendants

• ? Czech: spektákl
• ? Polish: spektakl

Further reading

• “spectacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).