noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə/
General-American:/ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/
General-American, sometimes:/ˌdaɪəˈræmə/
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rhymes with -ɑːmə
1
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: panorama, cyclorama
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French diorama.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
диора́ма
(dioráma)
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Catalan:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Chinese Mandarin:
景觀模型 /景观模型
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Finnish:
dioraama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
French:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Galician:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
German:
Diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Hungarian:
dioráma
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Italian:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Persian:
شهر فرنگ
(šahr-e farang)
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Polish:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Portuguese:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Romanian:
dioramă
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Russian:
диора́ма
(dioráma)
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Spanish:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery
Swedish:
diorama
— a three-dimensional display of a scenery