Translation
scene, stage
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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.
est un nom féminin avec plusieurs sens principaux : la scène de théâtre (stage), une scène d'un film ou d'une pièce (a scene), et une dispute violente (a scene, a row). Faire une scène (to make a scene) est une expression courante pour désigner un éclat de colère en public.
Sur scène signifie on stage. La scène de crime (the crime scene) est un terme policier fréquemment entendu dans les séries. En coulisse (backstage, behind the scenes) en est le contraire dans le contexte théâtral.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 6: scène, patron, chaud and 7 more words.