Standard Lemma guide

scenery

noun · 4 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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  • /ˈsiːnəɹi/
  • /ˈsiːnɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: senary
  • rhymes with -iːnəɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 N ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

View, natural features, landscape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they worked all night painting the scenery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scene

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stage set, set

Narrower terms: backdrop, background, backcloth, flat, masking piece, masking, set piece

4

noun

Meaning 4

the appearance of a place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods

Narrower terms: landscape, seascape

History

Etymology

Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: natuurskoon — view, natural features, landscape
  • Albanian: peizazh — view, natural features, landscape
  • Arabic: مَشْهَد (mašhad) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Arabic: مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ (manẓar ṭabīʕiyy) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Arabic: مَنْظَر (manẓar) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Armenian: տեսարան (tesaran) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Armenian: լանդշաֆտ (landšaft) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Armenian: պեյզաժ (peyzaž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Azerbaijani: mənzərə — view, natural features, landscape
  • Belarusian: краяві́д (krajavíd) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Belarusian: пейза́ж (pjejzáž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Belarusian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Belarusian: від (vid) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Bulgarian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Burmese: ရှုမျှော်ခင်း (hru.hmyauhkang:) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Burmese: ရှုခင်း (hru.hkang:) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Catalan: paisatge — view, natural features, landscape
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏖᎾᏍᏗᎢ (agatenasdii) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風景 /风景 (fēngjǐng) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 景色 (jǐngsè) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Czech: scenérie — view, natural features, landscape
  • Czech: krajina — view, natural features, landscape
  • Danish: landskab — view, natural features, landscape
  • Dutch: landschap — view, natural features, landscape
  • Dutch: natuurschoon — view, natural features, landscape
  • Estonian: maastik — view, natural features, landscape
  • Finnish: maisema — view, natural features, landscape
  • French: décor naturel — view, natural features, landscape
  • French: paysage — view, natural features, landscape
  • Georgian: პეიზაჟი (ṗeizaži) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Georgian: ლანდშაფტი (landšapṭi) — view, natural features, landscape
  • German: Landschaft — view, natural features, landscape
  • Greek: τοπίο (topío) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hebrew: נוֹף (nof) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hindi: दृश्यावली (dŕśyāvlī) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hindi: भूदृश्य (bhūdŕśya) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hindi: सीनरी (sīnrī) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hindi: परिदृश्य (paridŕśya) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hungarian: látvány — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hungarian: táj — view, natural features, landscape
  • Hungarian: tájkép — view, natural features, landscape
  • Ido: peizajo — view, natural features, landscape
  • Italian: paesaggio — view, natural features, landscape
  • Japanese: 風景 (fūkei) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Japanese: 景色 (keshiki) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Khmer: ទេសភាព (teisaʼphiəp) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Khmer: ទស្សនីយភាព (tŭəhsaʼniiyĕəʼphiəp) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Korean: 경치 (gyeongchi) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Korean: 풍경 (punggyeong) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Central Kurdish: دیمەن (dîmen) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Lao: ພູມິພາບ (phū mi phāp) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Lao: ທິວທັດ — view, natural features, landscape
  • Macedonian: пејза́ж (pejzáž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Malay: pemandangan — view, natural features, landscape
  • Marathi: देखावा (dekhāvā) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landskap — view, natural features, landscape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: scene — view, natural features, landscape
  • Persian: منظره (manzare) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Persian: چشمانداز (čašm-andâz) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Plautdietsch: Omsecht — view, natural features, landscape
  • Polish: sceneria — view, natural features, landscape
  • Polish: krajobraz — view, natural features, landscape
  • Polish: pejzaż — view, natural features, landscape
  • Portuguese: paisagem — view, natural features, landscape
  • Romanian: decor — view, natural features, landscape
  • Romanian: peisaj — view, natural features, landscape
  • Romanian: culise (de scenă) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Russian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Russian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Russian: вид (vid) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Scottish Gaelic: sealladh — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́део — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: крȁјолик — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: крȁјобраз — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐјза̄ж — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédeo — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȁjolik — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȁjobraz — view, natural features, landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèjzāž — view, natural features, landscape
  • Slovak: scenéria — view, natural features, landscape
  • Slovak: krajina — view, natural features, landscape
  • Slovene: pokrajina — view, natural features, landscape
  • Slovene: pejsaž — view, natural features, landscape
  • Spanish: paisaje — view, natural features, landscape
  • Spanish: estampa — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swahili: mandhari — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: sceneri — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: bakgrund — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: fond — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: vy — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: utsikt — view, natural features, landscape
  • Swedish: landskap — view, natural features, landscape
  • Tajik: манзара (manzara) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Thai: ทัศน์ (tát) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Thai: ทิวทัศน์ (tiu-tát) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Thai: ทัศนียภาพ (tát-sà-nii-yá-pâap) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Thai: ภูมิประเทศ (puu-mí-bprà-têet) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Turkish: manzara — view, natural features, landscape
  • Turkish: peyzaj — view, natural features, landscape
  • Ukrainian: краєви́д (krajevýd) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Ukrainian: пейза́ж (pejzáž) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Ukrainian: ландша́фт (landšáft) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Ukrainian: вид (vyd) — view, natural features, landscape
  • Uzbek: peyzaj — view, natural features, landscape
  • Uzbek: manzara — view, natural features, landscape
  • Vietnamese: phong cảnh — view, natural features, landscape
  • Bulgarian: декори (dekori) — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Czech: kulisy — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Dutch: decor — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Dutch: coulissen — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Dutch: toneel — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Estonian: kulissid — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Estonian: lavadekoratsioonid — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Finnish: kulissit — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • French: décor — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • German: Kulisse — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Hungarian: díszlet — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kulisse — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Polish: dekoracja — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Portuguese: cenário — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Russian: кули́сы (kulísy) — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Russian: декора́ции (dekorácii) — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Spanish: decorado — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Swedish: sceneri — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Swedish: bakgrund — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Swedish: kuliss — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
  • Swedish: fond — stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
Real reading context

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