backdrop

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• UK: /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/
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• General-American: /ˈbæk.dɹɑp/
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• General-American: [ˈbæk.dɹɑp]
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• General-American, sometimes: [ˈbæk.d͡ʒɹɑp]
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 K D R AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English drop English backdrop From back + drop.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: рундхоризонт (rundhorizont) — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Catalan: escenari — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Catalan: bambolina — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Chinese Mandarin: 背景幕 — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Czech: zadní kulisa — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Danish: bagtæppe — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Dutch: decor — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Esperanto: dekoracio — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Finnish: taustakulissi — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Finnish: taustakangas — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Finnish: fondi — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Finnish: teatterifondi — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• French: décor — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• French: toile de fond — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• French: frise — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Galician: pano de fondo — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• German: Prospekt — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• German: Fond — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• German: Hintergrund — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Hebrew: תַּפְאוּרָה (taf'urá) — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Hungarian: háttérfüggöny — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Icelandic: bakhengi — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Icelandic: baktjald — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Icelandic: bakgrunnur — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Icelandic: baksvið — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Italian: scenario — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Malay: latar pentas — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Māori: tuarongo — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakteppe — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakteppe — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Polish: zasłona — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Polish: kotara — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Polish: prospekt — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Portuguese: pano de fundo — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Portuguese: bambolina — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Romanian: decor — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Romanian: fundal — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Russian: за́дник (zádnik) — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Scottish Gaelic: brat-cùil — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Spanish: telón de fondo — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Spanish: telón de foro — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Spanish: decorado — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Spanish: bambalina — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Swedish: kuliss — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Swedish: sceneri — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Swedish: bakgrund — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Swedish: dekor — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Swedish: fondridå — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• Vietnamese: bối cảnh — a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage
• German: Hintergrundbild — an image that serves as a visual background
• Hungarian: háttér — an image that serves as a visual background
• Malay: tirai latar — an image that serves as a visual background
• Māori: tuarongo — an image that serves as a visual background
• Marathi: पार्श्वभूमी (pārśvabhūmī) — an image that serves as a visual background
• Polish: tło — an image that serves as a visual background
• Polish: namalowana dekoracja — an image that serves as a visual background
• Spanish: decorado — an image that serves as a visual background
• Spanish: lontananza — an image that serves as a visual background
• Spanish: fondo — an image that serves as a visual background
• Spanish: lejanía — an image that serves as a visual background