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diorama

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə/
  • General-American: /ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/
  • General-American, sometimes: /ˌdaɪəˈræmə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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