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panorama

noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
  • UK: /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
  • Canada, US: [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɛəm.ə]
  • Canada, US: /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/
  • Canada, US: [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɑː.mə]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
  • Australian: /ˌpæn.əˈɹaː.mə/
  • rhymes with -ɑːmə
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE2 N ER0 AE1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.

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: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A comprehensive survey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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: cyclorama, diorama

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon

5

noun

Meaning 5

the visual percept of a region

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visual percept, visual image

Narrower terms: background, ground, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, middle distance, side view, tableau

History

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَانُورَامَا (bānūrāmā) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Arabic: بَانُورَامَا (banuramā) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全景 (quánjǐng) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Dutch: vergezicht — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Esperanto: panoramo — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Estonian: panoraam — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Finnish: panoraama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Finnish: yleisnäkymä — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • French: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • West-Frisian: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Georgian: პანორამა (ṗanorama) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • German: Panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • German: Rundblick — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Greek: πανόραμα (panórama) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Hindi: परिदृश्य (paridŕśya) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Hungarian: panoráma — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Japanese: パノラマ (panorama) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Japanese: 全景 (zenkei) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Kazakh: панорама (panorama) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Korean: 파노라마 (panorama) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Korean: 전경 (jeon'gyeong) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Occitan: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Persian: منظرهٔ وسیع (manzare-ye vasi') — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Polish: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Portuguese: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Quechua: muyuqawa — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Russian: панора́ма (panoráma) — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Serbo-Croatian: панора́ма — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Serbo-Croatian: panoráma — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Spanish: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Swedish: panorama — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Tagalog: hilihid — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Vietnamese: toàn cảnh — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Volapük: banorem — unbroken view of an entire surrounding area
  • Finnish: panoraamakuva — picture representing a continuous scene
  • French: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • West-Frisian: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Georgian: პანორამა (ṗanorama) — picture representing a continuous scene
  • German: Panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Greek: πανόραμα (panórama) — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Hungarian: panoráma — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Hungarian: körkép — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panoramabilde — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panoramabilde — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panoramabilete — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Polish: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Portuguese: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Spanish: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Swedish: panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Tagalog: hilihid — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Turkish: Panorama — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Volapük: banorem — picture representing a continuous scene
  • Finnish: yleiskuva — figurative: comprehensive survey
  • French: panorama — figurative: comprehensive survey
  • Hungarian: áttekintés — figurative: comprehensive survey
  • Italian: panorama — figurative: comprehensive survey
  • Portuguese: panorama — figurative: comprehensive survey
Real reading context

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