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landscape

noun · verb · 15 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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  • UK: /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/
  • obsolete: /ˈlæn(d)skɪp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D S K EY2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: L AE1 N S K EY2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sociological aspect of a physical area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The pictorial aspect of a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, printing, publishing, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a situation that is presented, a scenario

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To create or maintain a landscape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: landscape painting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: genre

11

noun

Meaning 11

painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: painting, picture

12

noun

Meaning 12

an extensive mental viewpoint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration
  • we changed the landscape for solving the problem of payroll inequity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint

13

noun

Meaning 13

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scenery

14

verb

Meaning 14

do landscape gardening

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: garden

15

verb

Meaning 15

embellish with plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Let's landscape the yard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

History

Etymology

From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: peizazh — portion of land or territory
  • Arabic: مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ (manẓar ṭabīʕiyy) — portion of land or territory
  • Arabic: مَنْظَر (manẓar) — portion of land or territory
  • Armenian: լանդշաֆտ (landšaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Armenian: պեյզաժ (peyzaž) — portion of land or territory
  • Asturian: paisaxe — portion of land or territory
  • Azerbaijani: mənzərə — portion of land or territory
  • Azerbaijani: landşaft — portion of land or territory
  • Belarusian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — portion of land or territory
  • Belarusian: краяві́д (krajavíd) — portion of land or territory
  • Belarusian: пейза́ж (pjejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Belarusian: пэйза́ж (pejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Bengali: ভূদৃশ্য (bhudriśśo) — portion of land or territory
  • Bulgarian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Bulgarian: ла́ндшафт (lándšaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Burmese: ရှုခင်း (hru.hkang:) — portion of land or territory
  • Carpathian Rusyn: країна (krajina) — portion of land or territory
  • Catalan: paisatge — portion of land or territory
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏙᎯ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ (gadohi nusdidanv) — portion of land or territory
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風景 /风景 (fēngjǐng) — portion of land or territory
  • Chinese Mandarin: 景色 (jǐngsè) — portion of land or territory
  • Czech: krajina — portion of land or territory
  • Danish: landskab — portion of land or territory
  • Dutch: landschap — portion of land or territory
  • Erzya: масторчамо (mastorčamo) — portion of land or territory
  • Esperanto: pejzaĝo — portion of land or territory
  • Estonian: maastik — portion of land or territory
  • Finnish: maisema — portion of land or territory
  • French: paysage — portion of land or territory
  • Galician: paisaxe — portion of land or territory
  • Georgian: ლანდშაფტი (landšapṭi) — portion of land or territory
  • Georgian: პეიზაჟი (ṗeizaži) — portion of land or territory
  • German: Landschaft — portion of land or territory
  • Greek: τοπίο (topío) — portion of land or territory
  • Hebrew: נוֹף (nof) — portion of land or territory
  • Hindi: भूदृश्य (bhūdŕśya) — portion of land or territory
  • Hindi: परिदृश्य (paridŕśya) — portion of land or territory
  • Hindi: मंज़र (manzar) — portion of land or territory
  • Hindi: नज़ारा (nazārā) — portion of land or territory
  • Hungarian: táj — portion of land or territory
  • Hungarian: vidék — portion of land or territory
  • Icelandic: landslag — portion of land or territory
  • Ido: peizajo — portion of land or territory
  • Indonesian: lanskap — portion of land or territory
  • Irish: tírdhreach — portion of land or territory
  • Irish: taobh tíre — portion of land or territory
  • Italian: paesaggio — portion of land or territory
  • Italian: panorama — portion of land or territory
  • Japanese: 景色 (keshiki) — portion of land or territory
  • Japanese: ランドスケープ (randosukēpu) — portion of land or territory
  • Japanese: 風景 (fūkei) — portion of land or territory
  • Kazakh: ландшафт (landşaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Khmer: ទស្សនីយភាព (tŭəhsaʼniiyĕəʼphiəp) — portion of land or territory
  • Korean: 풍경 (punggyeong) — portion of land or territory
  • Korean: 경관 (gyeonggwan) — portion of land or territory
  • Korean: 랜드스케이프 (raendeuseukeipeu) — portion of land or territory
  • Northern Kurdish: menzere — portion of land or territory
  • Kyrgyz: ландшафт (landşaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Lao: ທິວທັດ — portion of land or territory
  • Latvian: ainava — portion of land or territory
  • Latvian: peizāža — portion of land or territory
  • Lithuanian: peizažas — portion of land or territory
  • Lithuanian: kraštovaizdis — portion of land or territory
  • Macedonian: пејза́ж (pejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Macedonian: предел (predel) — portion of land or territory
  • Malay: landskap — portion of land or territory
  • Maltese: pajsaġġ — portion of land or territory
  • Mongolian: ландшафт (landšaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landskap — portion of land or territory
  • Pashto: منظره (manzará) — portion of land or territory
  • Iranian Persian: چَشْماَنْداز (čašm-andâz) — portion of land or territory
  • Iranian Persian: مَنْظَر (manzar) — portion of land or territory
  • Iranian Persian: مَنْظَرِه (manzare) — portion of land or territory
  • Plautdietsch: Launtschoft — portion of land or territory
  • Polish: krajobraz — portion of land or territory
  • Polish: pejzaż — portion of land or territory
  • Portuguese: paisagem — portion of land or territory
  • Portuguese: panorama — portion of land or territory
  • Portuguese: vista — portion of land or territory
  • Romanian: peisaj — portion of land or territory
  • Russian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — portion of land or territory
  • Russian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruth-tìre — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́део — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: крȁјолик — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: крȁјобраз — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédeo — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȁjolik — portion of land or territory
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȁjobraz — portion of land or territory
  • Slovak: krajina — portion of land or territory
  • Slovene: pokrajina — portion of land or territory
  • Slovene: pejsaž — portion of land or territory
  • Spanish: paisaje — portion of land or territory
  • Spanish: terrazo — portion of land or territory
  • Swedish: landskap — portion of land or territory
  • Tajik: ландшафт (landšaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Tajik: манзара (manzara) — portion of land or territory
  • Thai: ทิวทัศน์ (tiu-tát) — portion of land or territory
  • Thai: ทัศนียภาพ (tát-sà-nii-yá-pâap) — portion of land or territory
  • Thai: ภูมิทัศน์ (puu-mí-tát) — portion of land or territory
  • Thai: ภูมิประเทศ (puu-mí-bprà-têet) — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: manzara — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: panaroma — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: peyzaj — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: tabiat manzarası — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: tabiat resmi — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: tabiat sureti — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: suver-i tabii — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: manzara-i tabii — portion of land or territory
  • Turkish: topia — portion of land or territory
  • Turkmen: landşaft — portion of land or territory
  • Ukrainian: краєви́д (krajevýd) — portion of land or territory
  • Ukrainian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — portion of land or territory
  • Ukrainian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — portion of land or territory
  • Urdu: مَنْظَر (manzar) — portion of land or territory
  • Urdu: نَظارَہ (nazāra) — portion of land or territory
  • Urdu: مَنْظَرَہ (manzara) — portion of land or territory
  • Uyghur: مەنزىرە (menzire) — portion of land or territory
  • Uzbek: landshaft — portion of land or territory
  • Uzbek: manzara — portion of land or territory
  • Vietnamese: phong cảnh — portion of land or territory
  • Vietnamese: cảnh sắc — portion of land or territory
  • Volapük: länod — portion of land or territory
  • Yiddish: לאַנדשאַפֿט (landshaft) — portion of land or territory
  • Yiddish: פּייסאַזש (peysazh) — portion of land or territory
  • Asturian: paisaxe — picture representing a scene
  • Bulgarian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — picture representing a scene
  • Catalan: paisatge — picture representing a scene
  • Danish: landskab — picture representing a scene
  • Esperanto: pejzaĝo — picture representing a scene
  • Finnish: maisema — picture representing a scene
  • Finnish: maisemakuva — picture representing a scene
  • Finnish: maisemataulu — picture representing a scene
  • Finnish: maisemamaalaus — picture representing a scene
  • Galician: paisaxe — picture representing a scene
  • Georgian: პეიზაჟი (ṗeizaži) — picture representing a scene
  • Hungarian: tájkép — picture representing a scene
  • Irish: radharc tíre — picture representing a scene
  • Irish: tírdhreach — picture representing a scene
  • Irish: pictiúr den tírdhreach — picture representing a scene
  • Italian: paesaggio — picture representing a scene
  • Macedonian: пејза́ж (pejzáž) — picture representing a scene
  • Māori: horanuku — picture representing a scene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landskapsmaleri — picture representing a scene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landskapsmåleri — picture representing a scene
  • Polish: krajobraz — picture representing a scene
  • Portuguese: paisagem — picture representing a scene
  • Russian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — picture representing a scene
  • Serbo-Croatian: пèјзāж — picture representing a scene
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́део — picture representing a scene
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèjzāž — picture representing a scene
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédeo — picture representing a scene
  • Spanish: paisaje — picture representing a scene
  • Spanish: terrazo — picture representing a scene
  • Swedish: landskap — picture representing a scene
  • Bulgarian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Catalan: paisatge — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Danish: landskab — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Estonian: maastik — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Finnish: maisema — pictorial aspect of a country
  • German: Landschaft — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Greek: τοπίο (topío) — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Hungarian: táj — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Indonesian: lanskap — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Irish: tírdhreachtaigh — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Italian: paesaggio — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Māori: horanuku — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Portuguese: paisagem — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Romanian: peisaj — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruth-tìre — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: кра̏јолик — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȁjolik — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Spanish: paisaje — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Turkish: manzara — pictorial aspect of a country
  • Catalan: apaïsat — mode of printing
  • Dutch: liggend — mode of printing
  • Estonian: rõhtpaigutus — mode of printing
  • Finnish: vaakakuva — mode of printing
  • French: paysage — mode of printing
  • German: Querformat — mode of printing
  • Hungarian: fekvő tájolás — mode of printing
  • Hungarian: fekvő elrendezés — mode of printing
  • Hungarian: fekvő oldalbeállítás — mode of printing
  • Italian: orizzontale — mode of printing
  • Japanese: 横 (yoko) — mode of printing
  • Māori: nohopae — mode of printing
  • Portuguese: paisagem — mode of printing
  • Russian: альбо́мная ориента́ция (alʹbómnaja orijentácija) — mode of printing
  • Spanish: modo apaisado — mode of printing
  • Spanish: modo horizontal — mode of printing
  • Turkish: yatay — mode of printing
  • Estonian: maastik — space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made
  • Finnish: maisema — space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made
  • Macedonian: пре́дел (prédel) — space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made
  • Portuguese: ambiente — space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made
  • Finnish: näkymä — scenario
  • Hungarian: helyzet — scenario
  • Irish: tírdhreach — scenario
  • Italian: scenario — scenario
  • Italian: panorama — scenario
  • Polish: pejzaż — scenario
  • Finnish: maisemoida — create or maintain a landscape
  • Irish: tírdhreachtaigh — create or maintain a landscape
  • Macedonian: пејзажи́ра (pejzažíra) — create or maintain a landscape
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