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proscenium

noun
/pɹəʊˈsiː.ni.əm/UK/pɹoʊˈsiː.ni.əm/US

Etymology

From Latin proscaenium (“in front of the scenery”), from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion), from πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene building”).

  1. derived from προσκήνιον
  2. derived from proscaenium — “in front of the scenery”

Definitions

  1. The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.

    • It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one. There’s no proscenium, no stage, no wings, no audience.

  2. The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.

  3. The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the…

    The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.

    • The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the proscenium (πρό, "before"+σκηνή).
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A proscenium arch.

      • Screamers trumpeted from the roof of the supermarket, white storks rattled their bills as their surveyed the town from the proscenium of the filling-station.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA