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Definition: Proscenium |
ProsceniumNoun1. The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain). 2. The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "proscenium" was first used: 1606. (references) |
Etymology: Proscenium \Pro*sce"ni*um\, noun; plural Proscenia. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression before tent, wooden stage, the stage. See Scene.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | Part of the stage which is in front of the curtain. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Proscenium The front part of the stage, between the drop-curtain and orchestra. (Greek, proskenion; Latin, proscenium.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ProsceniumSynonyms: apron (n), forestage (n), proscenium wall (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Front | Noun: front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece; anteriority; obverse. |
The Drama | Flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Proscenium |
| English words defined with "proscenium": Proscenia, proscenium arch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "proscenium": first pipe. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Proscenium" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (proscenium), Swedish (proscenium). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Proscenium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proscenium" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "proscenium": proscenium arch ♦ proscenium border ♦ proscenium box ♦ proscenium wall. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
proscenium | 14 |
arch proscenium | 4 |
proscenium stage | 3 |
proscenium theater | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "proscenium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | perde (albugo, cataract, cloak, coulisse, curtain, curtains, drape, drapery, mist, opacity, purdah, screen, shroud, veil), paraskenë (apron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقدم خشبة المسرح الحديث, خشبة المسرح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сцена на античен театър, авансцена (apron), просцениум. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | portaal (bent, false proscenium, frame, hall, porch, portal, side frame, superstructure), toneelportaal (false proscenium, portal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | proscenium, AVANT-scène. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vorbühne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσκήνιο (foreground, front of the stage, front part of stage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elõszín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proscenio (apron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osceniumpray proscênio, palco (stage), cena (scene, spectacle, stage, theater, theatre). (various references) avanscenã (apron). (various references) просцениум (proscenia). (various references) proscenijum. (various references) proscenio (apron). (various references) proscenium. (various references) perde önü, sahne önü. (various references) авансцена (apron, foreground). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | proskenion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "proscenium": prosceniums. (additional references) | |
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"Proscenium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: procenium, prosternum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| Arches | Proscenium arches | |||
| Stages (Platforms) | Proscenium arches | |||
| Theaters | Proscenium arches | |||
Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references. | ||||
| Words rhyming with "proscenium" (pronounced 'Pro*sce"ni*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: coinsure, comprise, conspire, consumer, corpsmen, incomers, incorpse, monsieur, mucrones, numerics, pouncers, precious, promines, pruinose, pumicers, sermonic. | |
-3 letters: ceriums, coenuri, coiners, coniums, consume, copiers, crepons, crimson, crinums, crispen, cronies, croupes, impones, imposer, incomer, incomes, inpours, merinos, meropic, mesonic, microns, mincers, mousier, mureins, murices, murines, numeric, orceins, orpines, peonism, piceous, pincers, porcine, pouncer, pounces. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: prosceniums. | |
+2 letters: computerniks, consumership, mispronounce, mucoproteins. | |
+3 letters: ceruloplasmin, computerising, consumerships, minicomputers, mispronounced, mispronounces, paramountcies, precombustion, superromantic, unimportances. | |
+4 letters: ceruloplasmins, circumspection, micropunctures, precombustions, recomputations. | |
+5 letters: circumspections, mercaptopurines, multiprocessing, overconsumption, promiscuousness, pronunciamentos, uncompromisable. | |
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