From LateMiddle English scene , fromMiddle French scene , borrowed fromLatin sc(a)ena , fromAncient Greek σκηνή ( skēnḗ ,“ scene, stage ” ) .Doublet ofscena andskene .
scene (countable anduncountable ,plural scenes )
Thelocation of anevent thatattracts attention .thescene of the crime
( archaic , theater ) Thestage .They stood in the centre of thescene .
( theater ) Thedecorations ;furnishings , andbackgrounds of astage ,representing theplace in which theaction of aplay isset .to paintscenes
to change thescenes
behind thescenes
( theater , film , television , radio ) A part of adramatic work that isset in thesame place ortime . In the theatre, generally a number of scenesconstitute anact .The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-fivescenes .
The most movingscene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
There were some very eroticscenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.
1904–1905 , Baroness Orczy [i.e. ,Emma Orczy ], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre ”, inThe Case of Miss Elliott , London:T[homas] Fisher Unwin , published1905 ,→OCLC ; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909,OCLC 11192831 , quoted inThe Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html) , Australia:Project Gutenberg of Australia , February 2020:Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificentscene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
Thelocation ,time ,circumstances , etc., in which somethingoccurs , or in which theaction of astory ,play , or the like, isset up .c. 1602 ,William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC , [Act I, scene prologue]:In Troy, there lies thescene .
c. 1810 ,John M. Mason ,On Religious Controversy :The world is a vastscene of strife.
Acombination ofobjects orevents in view orhappening at a givenmoment at a particularplace .He assessed thescene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
They saw an angryscene outside the pub.
1712 (date written),[Joseph] Addison ,Cato, a Tragedy. [ … ] , London: [ … ] J[ acob] Tonson , [ … ] , published1713 ,→OCLC , Act I, scene v,page 1 :Through what newscenes and changes must we pass!
Alandscape , or part of a landscape;scenery .1697 ,Virgil , “Palamon and Arcite”, inJohn Dryden , transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] ,→OCLC :A sylvanscene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
Anexhibition ofpassionate orstrong feeling before others ,creating embarrassment ordisruption ; often, anartificial oraffected action , orcourse of action , done foreffect ; atheatrical display .The headmistress told the students not to cause ascene .
The crazy lady made ascene in the grocery store.
1832 ,Thomas De Quincey ,Kolsterheim :Probably no lover ofscenes would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it.
2020 April 3,Chappell Roan ,Dan Nigro , “Pink Pony Club ”[1] performed by Chappell Roan:I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee Hear Santa Monica, I swear it's calling me Won't make my mama proud, it's gonna cause ascene She sees her baby girl, I know she's gonna scream
Anelement offiction writing .(Can we add anexample for this sense? ) Asocial environment consisting of aninformal ,vague group of people with auniting interest ; theirsphere ofactivity ; asubculture .She got into the emoscene at an early age.
Indie just isn't myscene .
( uncountable ) Ayouth subculture popular in theAnglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.( BDSM ) Afantasy that isacted out .the location of an event that attracts attention
Antillean Creole:senn f Arabic:مَنْظَر m ( manẓar ) ,مَشْهَد m ( mašhad ) Azerbaijani:səhnə Belarusian:сцэ́на f ( scéna ) Bulgarian:сце́на (bg) f ( scéna ) Catalan:escena (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:景色 (zh) ( jǐngsè ) ,景象 (zh) ( jǐngxiàng ) ,現場 / 现场 (zh) ( xiànchǎng ) ,場面 / 场面 (zh) ( chǎngmiàn ) Czech:scéna (cs) f Danish:scene (da) c Dutch:scène (nl) f Esperanto:sceno Finnish:näyttämö (fi) ,kulissi (fi) ,tapahtumapaikka French:scène (fr) f German:Szene (de) f Greek:σκηνή (el) f ( skiní ) Haitian Creole:sèn f Hebrew:סְצֵנָה (he) f ( stséna ) Hungarian:szín (hu) ,színhely (hu) Icelandic:vettvangur (is) m Ido:ceno (io) Indonesian:tempat kejadian Italian:scena (it) f Japanese:現場 (ja) ( げんば, genba ) ,シーン (ja) ( shīn ) Korean:장면(場面) (ko) ( jangmyeon ) Latin:locus (la) m Luxembourgish:Zeen f Macedonian:сце́на f ( scéna ) Malayalam:രംഗം (ml) ( raṅgaṁ ) Norwegian:scene (no) m or f Persian:صحنه (fa) ( sahne ) Polish:scena (pl) f Portuguese:cena (pt) f Romanian:scenă (ro) f Russian:сце́на (ru) f ( scéna ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:позорје n ,позо́рница f Roman:pozorje n ,pozórnica (sh) f Slovak:scéna f Slovene:scena f ,prizor (sl) m Spanish:escena (es) f Swedish:scen (sv) c Telugu:దృశ్యం ( dr̥śyaṁ ) Ukrainian:сце́на f ( scéna )
(
archaic, theater ) the stage
—see stage (
theater ) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage
—see also decor (theater, film, television, radio ) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place
exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
element of fiction writing
informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Translations to be checked
scene (third-person singular simple present scenes ,present participle scening ,simple past and past participle scened )
( transitive ) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.( intransitive , BDSM ) Toroleplay .scene!
( film and television ) A notice to actors that their performance has ended .Alternative forms: end scene! ,and scene! Near-synonym: cut! FromLatin sc(a)ena , fromAncient Greek σκηνή ( skēnḗ ) .
scene c (singular definite scenen ,plural indefinite scener )
stage ( platform for performing in a theatre ) scene ( section of a film or a play ) scene ( a setting or a behaviour ) scene f pl
plural ofscena Borrowed fromLatin sca(e)na , fromAncient Greek σκηνή ( skēnḗ ) . First attestation in 1486.[ 1]
scene f
stage (location where a play, etc., takes place) ^ Godefroy, Frédéric ,Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX e auXV e siècle (1881) (scene , supplement)FromLatin sc(a)ena , fromAncient Greek σκηνή ( skēnḗ ) .
scene m (definite singular scenen ,indefinite plural scener ,definite plural scenene )
astage (in a theatre ) ascene (in a film or play ) FromLatin sc(a)ena , fromAncient Greek σκηνή ( skēnḗ ) .
scene m (definite singular scenen ,indefinite plural scenar ,definite plural scenane )scene f (definite singular scena ,indefinite plural scener ,definite plural scenene )
astage (in a theatre ) ascene (in a film or play ) FromProto-West Germanic *skaunī , fromProto-Germanic *skauniz .
sċēne ( Anglian )
alternative form ofsċīene Declension ofsċēne — Strong
Declension ofsċēne — Weak