foreground

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• UK: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R G R AW2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пре́ден план (préden plan) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Chinese Mandarin: 前景 (qiánjǐng) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Czech: popředí — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Dutch: voorgrond — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Finnish: etuala — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Finnish: edusta — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• French: premier plan — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• French: avant-plan — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• German: Vordergrund — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Greek: προσκήνιο (proskínio) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Hungarian: előtér — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Italian: primo piano — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Japanese: 前景 (zenkei) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Korean: 전경 (jeon'gyeong) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Portuguese: primeiro plano — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Romanian: prim plan — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Russian: пере́дний пла́н (perédnij plán) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Spanish: primer plano — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Swedish: förgrund — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Ukrainian: пере́дній пла́н (perédnij plán) — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Walloon: divant-plan — the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• Hungarian: előtérbe helyez/állít — to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)
• Hungarian: kiemel — to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)
• Norwegian Bokmål: fremheve — to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)