How do you pronounce scene?

The recorded pronunciation is /siːn/.

Where does scene come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

scene

/siːn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: scene
IPA: /siːn/

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Meaning

noun

The location of an event that attracts attention.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The stage.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the scene of the crime"
"Lily was pronounced dead at the scene."
"They stood in the centre of the scene."
"to paint scenes"
"to change the scenes"
"behind the scenes"

Etymology

From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: scene, scaena, σκηνή

Usage

Inflected Forms

scenes (plural) scæne (alternative, archaic) scenes (present, singular) scening (participle, present) scened (participle, past) scened (past) scene! (canonical)

Derived Forms

interscene midscene multiscene nonscene scenecore scenecraft sceneful scenegraph sceneless scenelet sceneman sceneness

Phrases

behind-the-scenes change of scene dark alternative scene drop-scene enter the scene make a scene mise en scene on-scene

Frequently Paired Words

proscenium scene queen scene kid mise en scène the curtain falls

Synonyms

end scene! and scene! cut view scenery aspect prospect vista panorama

Homonyms

seen coen-

Rhymes With

between mean seen green clean machine queen screen marine dean routine gene

scene

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