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/sɛn/
Translation
scene, stage
Word origin
From Latin scaena or scena ('stage of a theatre'), borrowed from Greek skene ('tent, booth, stage').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- skene
- English cognates
- scene, scenario, scenic
Grammar
Examples
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The final scene of the film made me cry.
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The actors came on stage at exactly eight o'clock.
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There was a terrible scene between them in the corridor.
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The first scene of the film takes place in a café.
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The children set up a small stage in the garden.
Scene est un nom feminin avec plusieurs sens principaux : la scene de theatre (stage), une scene d'un film ou d'une piece (a scene), et une dispute violente (a scene, a row). Faire une scene (to make a scene) est une expression courante pour designer un eclat de colere en public.
Sur scene signifie on stage. La scene de crime (the crime scene) est un terme police frequemment entendu dans les series. En coulisse (backstage, behind the scenes) en est le contraire dans le contexte theatral.
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