Translation
scene
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Word origin
From Latin scaena, from Greek skene, which first meant a tent. Greek actors changed behind a hut at the back of the playing area, so the hut gave its name to the stage and then to what happens on it.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- skene
- English cognates
- scene, scenery, scenario
Examples
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The last scene of the film is very beautiful.
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The actors waited behind the stage.
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Every scene in the theatre lasted ten minutes.
carries the two English senses at once: the physical stage and the stretch of a play or film performed on it. When you mean the wider look of a place rather than a performance, Esperanto reaches for instead. The word is also the sharp end of an argument, , exactly as in English.
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Words built on sceno with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 1: sceno, eksperimento, instigi and 7 more words.