scenery
/ˈsiːnəɹi/
scenery noun: view, natural features, landscape.
Noun
scenery (usually uncountable, plural sceneries)
- View, natural features, landscape.
- Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
- To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain.1695, John Dryden, “Preface of the Translator, with a Parallel, of Poetry and Painting”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall...
scenery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scenery in Hindi
- view, natural features, landscape
- दृश्यावली dŕśyāvlī, भूदृश्य bhūdŕśya, सीनरी sīnrī, परिदृश्य paridŕśya
scenery in Tamil
- இயற்கைக்காட்சி
scenery in Marathi
- view, natural features, landscape
- देखावा dekhāvā
scenery in Urdu
- منظرہ, نظارہ
More languagesFewer languages
- scenery in Bengali
- প্রাকৃতিক দৃশ্য, মঞ্চসজ্জা
- scenery in Telugu
- ప్రకృతి దృశ్యాలు
- scenery in Malayalam
- ദൃശ്യം dr̥śyaṁ
- scenery in Kannada
- ದೃಶ್ಯಾವಳಿ, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ದೃಶ್ಯ, ರಂಗಸಜ್ಜಿಕೆ, ರಂಗದೃಶ್ಯ
- scenery in Gujarati
- દૃશ્યાવલિ
- scenery in Arabic
- مَشْهَد mašhad, مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ manẓar ṭabīʕiyy, مَنْظَر manẓar
- scenery in Malay
- pemandangan
- scenery in Persian
- منظره manzare, چشمانداز čašm-andâz
- scenery in Thai
- ทัศน์ tát, ทิวทัศน์ tiu-tát, ทัศนียภาพ tát-sà-nii-yá-pâap, ภูมิประเทศ puu-mí-bprà-têet
- scenery in Vietnamese
- phong cảnh
- scenery in Myanmar
- ရှုမျှော်ခင်း hru.hmyauhkang:, ရှုခင်း hru.hkang:
Examples of scenery in a sentence
- She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
- I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.
- I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.
Forms of scenery
| plural | sceneries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | scenary |
Origin of scenery
Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.
Words formed from scenery
Phrases with scenery
Words that rhyme with scenery
Questions about scenery
- What does scenery mean?
- Scenery means view, natural features, landscape.
- What is scenery in Hindi?
- Scenery in Hindi is दृश्यावली (dŕśyāvlī), भूदृश्य (bhūdŕśya), सीनरी (sīnrī). See Scenery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scenery?
- Scenery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scenery?
- Scenery is pronounced /ˈsiːnəɹi/.
- What is the plural of scenery?
- The plural of scenery is sceneries.
Words near scenery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scenery (page history and authors); scenery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ദൃശ്യം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); scenery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenery (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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