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A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.
John Berger

Meaning of "proscenium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROSCENIUM

Via Latin from Greek proskēnion, from pro- before + skēnē scene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSCENIUM

proscenium  [prəˈsiːnɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSCENIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proscenium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSCENIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

proscenium

Proscenium

A proscenium is the area of a theatre surrounding the stage opening. A proscenium arch is the arch over this area.

Definition of proscenium in the English dictionary

The definition of proscenium in the dictionary is the arch or opening separating the stage from the auditorium together with the area immediately in front of the arch. Other definition of proscenium is the stage itself.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSCENIUM


achaenium
əˈkiːnɪəm
achenium
əˈkiːnɪəm
asplenium
æˈspliːnɪəm
californium
ˌkælɪˈfɔːnɪəm
Capernaum
kəˈpɜːnɪəm
hahnium
ˈhɑːnɪəm
helenium
həˈliːnɪəm
hymenium
haɪˈmiːnɪəm
lectisternium
ˌlektɪˈstɜːnɪəm
Mancunium
mæŋˈkjuːnɪəm
neptunium
nɛpˈtjuːnɪəm
panhellenium
ˌpænhɛˈliːnɪəm
parascenium
ˌpærəˈsiːnɪəm
periselenium
ˌpɛrɪsɪˈliːnɪəm
postscenium
pəʊstˈsiːnɪəm
rhenium
ˈriːnɪəm
ruthenium
ruːˈθiːnɪəm
selenium
sɪˈliːnɪəm
splenium
ˈspliːnɪəm
xenium
ˈziːnɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSCENIUM

prosaic
prosaically
prosaicalness
prosaicism
prosaicness
prosaism
prosaist
prosateur
prosauropod
proscenia
proscenium arch
prosciutto
proscribe
proscribed
proscriber
proscript
proscription
proscriptive
proscriptively
proscriptiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSCENIUM

aluminium
ammonium
condominium
cranium
geranium
germanium
harmonium
Iconium
ingenium
millennium
omnium
pandaemonium
pandemonium
plutonium
roentgenium
stramonium
the millennium
titanium
uranium
zirconium

Synonyms and antonyms of proscenium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proscenium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSCENIUM

Find out the translation of proscenium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proscenium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proscenium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proscenio
570 millions of speakers

English

proscenium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proscenium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشبة المسرح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

авансцены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proscênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

proscenia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proscenium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Proscenia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Proszenium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロセニアム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로 시니 엄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proscenia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phần trước sân khấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

proscenia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोसेनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

proscenia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proscenio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

proscenium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

авансцени
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avanscenă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσκηνίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proscenium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

proscenium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proscenium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proscenium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCENIUM»

The term «proscenium» is normally little used and occupies the 113.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCENIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proscenium

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3 QUOTES WITH «PROSCENIUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proscenium.
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Nickolas Ashford
It's quite different, the kind of love you get in a smaller club and the kind of love you get on a big proscenium stage. It's quite different. I like both of them, but I'm in love with the smaller, intimate club.
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John Berger
A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.
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Billy Connolly
Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSCENIUM»

Discover the use of proscenium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proscenium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Proscenium Cage: Critical Case Studies in U.S. Prison ...
This book is an examination of sample companies that produce theatre with and for prison inmates.
Laurence Tocci, 2007
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The Proscenium Arch - A Representation of our Anxiety within ...
The frontal set-up of the proscenium arch now marks a central point of debate regarding the nature of representation within the theatre.
Francis Grin, 2008
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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its ...
so that stone for the parascenia in 269 may have been for new flanking auditorium walls; even as late as 250 B.C. there seems to be an allusion to the wooden proscenium.2 There are records of a temporary wooden proscenium in the stadium ...
William Bell Dinsmoor, 1950
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Cut and Assemble a Peter Pan Toy Theatre
Cut out the four pieces of the Stage Front, or Proscenium (the Proscenium Arch and the three strips labeled "Proscenium Left," "Proscenium Right" and " Proscenium Top"). 3. Cover the cardboard with glue and place the four pieces down in this ...
Tom Tierney, 1983
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One-Person Puppet Plays
The first type is the table-top proscenium stage (Figs. 5a, 5b, and 5c). This is the type of stage I use most often, and I feel it is ideal when presenting one-person puppet plays. It is very portable, fits into the trunk of most cars, can be set up in just ...
Denise Anton Wright, 1990
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Scene Design and Stage Lighting
The most common form is the proscenium type of theatre, where the audience is arranged on one side ofa raised stage area, divided by an implied “fourth wall” ( Figure 2-2). The enclosed stage is visible to the audience through the proscenium ...
R. Wolf, Dick Block, 2013
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The Victorian Marionette Theatre
since the realistic marionettes were barely distinguishable from the live performers. The focal point of the Victorian theatre was the elaborate proscenium arch, which, with its gilding and stucco work, became more and more like a picture frame.
John Mccormick, 2004
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Freelancer's Guide to Corporate Event Design: From ...
The proscenium stage is named for its proscenium arch, which separates the audience from the performers via a structural frame around the stage. Proscenium stages are common in corporate events because many large venues have some ...
Troy Halsey, 2010
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Theatre in Southeast Asia
This "proscenium staging" does not differ in any important respect from standard proscenium staging in the West. The audience sits on one side of the stage, separated from the acting area by the raised stage, proscenium wall, and curtain, and ...
James R. BRANDON, 2009
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Articles on Stage Terminology, Including: Proscenium, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSCENIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proscenium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Portland Shakes to Offer FREE 3-Night 'Proscenium Live' Series
Portland Shakespeare Project is thrilled to announce an innovative new play reading series in partnership with Proscenium Journal. Over the course of three ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
2
Postmodern Proscenium
These elements are abstracted into the architecture of the proscenium, whose zigzag profile recalls the saw-toothed roofline of Shaw's University of Chicago ... «Metropolis Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Madrid : Proscenium by Javier Silva Meinel at Mondo Galleria
Mondo Galleria, in Madrid presents in Madrid "Proscenium" a solo exhibition by Javier Silva Meinel (Lima, Peru. 1949). It is an exhibition that without being a ... «The Eye of Photography, Jun 15»
4
Is the iPhone the New Proscenium? Questions for 21st-Century …
New York City Ballet's Indiana Woodward and Amar Ramasar in "In Passing," a new short film commissioned by the Ashley Bouder Project, directed and ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
Proscenium stages a power-packed thriller
Same went for Kolkata-based reputed theatre-troupe Proscenium's Ek Din Adalat Mein, a classic courtroom thriller. Based on noted English crime novelist ... «The Asian Age, Apr 15»
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Proscenium Players to present “The Addams Family”
ADVERTISEMENT. NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Proscenium Players of Niagara Falls High School will perform “The Addams Family” starting later this week. «Buffalo News, Mar 15»
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Beyond the Proscenium to explore theater, space
Beyond the Proscenium, a new theater group on campus, received a large audition turnout for what will be its first production, “Spring Awakening.” The cast will ... «The Bowdoin Orient, Mar 15»
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Decades Since Wasserstein's 'Heidi,' the Glass Proscenium Holds Fast
Twenty-seven years after its debut in New York, “The Heidi Chronicles,” Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the changing fortunes of women ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
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Proscenium Circus production of 'Sweet Charity' opens Jan. 30
30, the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) theater group of 300 students, Proscenium Circus, will unveil the musical, marking one of the largest ... «Wicked Local Acton, Jan 15»
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Proscenium presents 'Class Action' this weekend
John Jay High School's Proscenium will presents “Class Action” this weekend. The show, written by Brad Slaight, includes a multitude of vignettes about the high ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jan 15»

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