Scene in Different Languages
Discover 'Scene' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Scene
Afrikaans toneel | ||
Albanian skena | ||
Amharic ትዕይንት | ||
Arabic مشهد | ||
Armenian տեսարան | ||
Assamese দৃশ্য | ||
Aymara isina | ||
Azerbaijani səhnə | ||
Bambara kɛnɛ | ||
Basque eszena | ||
Belarusian сцэна | ||
Bengali দৃশ্য | ||
Bhojpuri द्रशय | ||
Bosnian scene | ||
Bulgarian сцена | ||
Catalan escena | ||
Cebuano talan-awon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 现场 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 現場 | ||
Corsican scena | ||
Croatian scena | ||
Czech scéna | ||
Danish scene | ||
Dhivehi ސީން | ||
Dogri नजारा | ||
Dutch tafereel | ||
English scene | ||
Esperanto sceno | ||
Estonian stseen | ||
Ewe nukpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) eksena | ||
Finnish näkymä | ||
French scène | ||
Frisian sêne | ||
Galician escena | ||
Georgian სცენა | ||
German szene | ||
Greek σκηνή | ||
Guarani oikóva | ||
Gujarati દ્રશ્ય | ||
Haitian Creole sèn | ||
Hausa scene | ||
Hawaiian hanana | ||
Hebrew סְצֵינָה | ||
Hindi स्थल | ||
Hmong scene | ||
Hungarian színhely | ||
Icelandic vettvangur | ||
Igbo ebe | ||
Ilocano buya | ||
Indonesian tempat kejadian | ||
Irish radharc | ||
Italian scena | ||
Japanese シーン | ||
Javanese pemandangan | ||
Kannada ದೃಶ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh көрініс | ||
Khmer ឈុតឆាក | ||
Kinyarwanda ibibera | ||
Konkani दृश्य | ||
Korean 장면 | ||
Krio ples | ||
Kurdish sehne | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دیمەن | ||
Kyrgyz көрүнүш | ||
Lao ສາກ | ||
Latin scene | ||
Latvian aina | ||
Lingala esika | ||
Lithuanian scena | ||
Luganda oluyombo | ||
Luxembourgish zeen | ||
Macedonian сцена | ||
Maithili दृश्य | ||
Malagasy sehatra | ||
Malay pemandangan | ||
Malayalam രംഗം | ||
Maltese xena | ||
Maori whakaaturanga | ||
Marathi देखावा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯛꯇꯝ | ||
Mizo hmun | ||
Mongolian үзэгдэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြင်ကွင်း | ||
Nepali दृश्य | ||
Norwegian scene | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mawonekedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦୃଶ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo taatee | ||
Pashto صحنه | ||
Persian صحنه | ||
Polish scena | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cena | ||
Punjabi ਸੀਨ | ||
Quechua escena | ||
Romanian scenă | ||
Russian сцена | ||
Samoan vaaiga | ||
Sanskrit दृश्य | ||
Scots Gaelic sealladh | ||
Sepedi sefala | ||
Serbian сцена | ||
Sesotho ketsahalo | ||
Shona chiitiko | ||
Sindhi منظر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දර්ශනය | ||
Slovak scéna | ||
Slovenian prizor | ||
Somali goobta | ||
Spanish escena | ||
Sundanese pamandangan | ||
Swahili eneo | ||
Swedish scen | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) eksena | ||
Tajik саҳна | ||
Tamil காட்சி | ||
Tatar күренеш | ||
Telugu దృశ్యం | ||
Thai ฉาก | ||
Tigrinya ኣጋጣሚ | ||
Tsonga ndhawu | ||
Turkish faliyet alani, sahne | ||
Turkmen sahna | ||
Twi (Akan) beaeɛ | ||
Ukrainian сцени | ||
Urdu منظر | ||
Uyghur نەق مەيدان | ||
Uzbek sahna | ||
Vietnamese bối cảnh | ||
Welsh olygfa | ||
Xhosa imeko | ||
Yiddish סצענע | ||
Yoruba iṣẹlẹ | ||
Zulu isigcawu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "toneel" is derived from the Dutch word "tooneel", which means "theatre stage". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "skenë" ultimately derives from the Greek word "skēnē", which originally meant "tent" or "hut" and later came to refer to the stage of a theater. |
| Amharic | The word "ትዕይንት" can also refer to "theatrical performance". |
| Arabic | The word مشهد (mašhad) also means a place for pilgrimage, particularly a shrine. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "տեսարան" (scene) also refers to a landscape, a view, or a performance. |
| Azerbaijani | "Səhnə" ultimately traces its roots to the Ancient Greek word "skēnē", meaning a tent or a stage. |
| Basque | Although "eszena" means "scene" in Basque, the word derives from a Greek and Gothic verb, meaning "to decorate." |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сцэна" can also refer to the set location in the performing arts or to a situation which could be regarded as dramatic. |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit word 'दृश्य' (dṛśya) means 'that which is seen' and also refers to a performance or spectacle in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | U bosanskom jeziku postoji i riječ "scena" koja se koristi za opisivanje pozornice u teatru ili za opisivanje nekog događaja ili situacije. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "сцена" can also refer to a stage or a theatrical performance. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "escena" can also refer to the theatrical stage or the theatrical profession. |
| Cebuano | "Talan-awon" also means "appearance" or "look". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "现场" can also mean "spot," "sight," "situation," or "circumstances." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The right side of 現場 depicts a play, hence the meaning of "scene" in a movie or theater. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "scena" can also refer to a stage on which theatrical performances take place. |
| Croatian | The word "scena" in Croatian can also refer to a stage, a theatrical performance or a specific part of a play. |
| Czech | The Czech word "scéna" also means "theater" and comes from the Greek "skēnē" meaning "tent" or "stage building." |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "scene" can also refer to the place of a crime or the stage of an event. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "tafereel" also means "painting". |
| Esperanto | The word "sceno" in Esperanto also has the alternate meaning of "curtain" or "stage curtain". |
| Estonian | The word "stseen" in Estonian originates from the German word "Szene," meaning "a part of a play." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "näkymä" (scene) also refers to a scenic vista or spectacle. |
| French | "scène" is derived from the Greek "skēnē" meaning "tent, stage" and can also refer to a theatrical performance or a specific section within a play. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word “sêne” is cognate with the English word “screen” and is also related to the French word “scène”. |
| Galician | Escena "scene" derives from Late Latin "scena" which referred to the partition between the "postscaenium" and the "proscaenium" as well as the area behind the partition where performers prepared to go on stage. |
| Georgian | The word "სცენა" can also refer to a stage or a platform. |
| German | The word "Szene" in German can also mean scenery, stage, place of action, or social circle. |
| Greek | The Greek word "σκηνή" (scene) derives from the verb "σκηνέω" (to pitch a tent), alluding to the temporary, ephemeral nature of scenes in theater and life. |
| Gujarati | The word "દ્રશ્ય" can also refer to a theatrical performance or a spectacle. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sèn" in Haitian Creole also means "noise" or "commotion". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "scene" can also mean "a group of people gathered for a purpose" or "a performance". |
| Hawaiian | Hanana, meaning "a gathering", originated from the Proto-Polynesian *sanasana meaning a "crowd watching an event." |
| Hebrew | סְצֵינָה" can also mean "stage" or "setting" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "स्थल" can also refer to a location, place, or site. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "scene" can refer to a specific location, a group of people involved in an event, or the setting of a story. |
| Hungarian | The word "színhely" can also refer to a theater or a stage, reflecting its theatrical origins. |
| Icelandic | Vettvangur derives from "vettvangr" meaning "battlefield" hence a "scene". |
| Igbo | The word "ebe" in Igbo can also mean "place", "occasion", "situation", or "sight". |
| Indonesian | The Javanese word "kejadian" means both "event" and "scene of a crime". |
| Irish | The Irish word "radharc" can also refer to a spectacle or a display. |
| Italian | The Italian word "scena" derives from the Latin "scaena," meaning "stage." |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "シーン" (shīn) has alternate meanings such as "view" or "scenery". |
| Javanese | Pemandangan in Javanese is a combination of 'pe' meaning 'by' or 'with' and 'mandang' meaning 'to see', hence 'a view' or 'a scene'. |
| Kannada | The word "ದೃಶ್ಯ" can also refer to 'sight' or 'vision'. |
| Kazakh | The word "көрініс" in Kazakh can also mean "appearance" or "view". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ឈុតឆាក" originates from the Sanskrit word "chhuta" meaning "free" or "let go" and "chakra" meaning "wheel" or "circle", suggesting a free or moving scene. |
| Korean | The word "장면" also means "a scene of action" in Korean, as in a historical or battle setting. |
| Kurdish | The word "sehne" can also refer to theater or cinema. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "көрүнүш": also means "a spectacle or event that is unusual, impressive, or entertaining" |
| Lao | The word "ສາກ" can also refer to a "place", "area", or "space" in Lao. |
| Latin | In Latin, "scene" also refers to a "curtain" or "stage backdrop". |
| Latvian | "aina" is also the name of a Latvian lake and a Latvian female given name |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian "scena" can be translated as "scene" in a theatre, stage or "scenery" in a play. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Zeen" can also refer to the "place on a river where it is wide and shallow" (especially for cattle crossings or fishing). |
| Macedonian | The word "сцена" in Macedonian originally referred to a stage or platform for public performances, and has since broadened its meaning to encompass any setting or context. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "sehatra" is a homophone for "square" and relates to the idea of an open stage. |
| Malay | "Pemandangan" also means "views" as in "my views on the matter" or scenic views |
| Malayalam | രംഗം can also refer to a battle, theatre performance, or musical concert, showing its wide semantic field in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "xena" also means "drama" or "excitement." |
| Maori | The word 'whakaaturanga' also means 'expression', 'exhibition', 'presentation', or 'show' in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'देखावा` is also used to describe a person's appearance, style, or demeanor. |
| Mongolian | The word "үзэгдэл" can also mean "phenomena" or "incident" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | Derived from Sanskrit "dṛṣya," originally meaning "visible" or "that which can be seen". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "scene" can also mean "a dramatic situation or episode" or "a view or spectacle". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Mawonekedwe, in Nyanja, comes from the root word "woneka," meaning "to appear" |
| Pashto | صحنه (Sahna) means “scene” and “stage” in Pashto, it is derived from Arabic root word ص ح ن (ṢaḤana) that means “plate” and “saucer”, also, صحنه can be “stage” as in a theater or “arena” for sports. |
| Persian | "صحنه" (/sahne/) is also used in Persian to refer to a stage or platform. |
| Polish | The Polish word "scena" also means "stage" in the theatrical context, as it derives from the Latin word "scaena" with the same meaning. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cena" in Portuguese can also mean "dinner" or "supper". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਸੀਨ' (scene) can also refer to a 'fight', reflecting the theatrical origins of the word in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | Romanian "scenă" derives from Greek "skēnē" (tent, pavilion), but also refers to one's behavior in public |
| Russian | Russian "сцена" goes back to Greek "skēnē" and originally meant "hut" or "tent" in the context of Greek theatre. |
| Samoan | "Vaaiga" also means "to look at" or "to watch" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'sealladh' also means 'appearance' or 'sight', and can refer to a physical appearance or a mental image. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "сцена" can also mean "stage" or "theater". |
| Sesotho | Etymology: from the verb 'ketsa' ('to cut') + '-ha' (nominal infix for tools). |
| Shona | The word "chiitiko" can also refer to a play or performance, highlighting its theatrical origins. |
| Sindhi | The word "منظر" can also mean "landscape" or "sight" in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "scéna" can also mean a stage or a theatre. |
| Slovenian | The word "prizor" in Slovenian is derived from the verb "prizorirati," meaning "to watch" or "to observe." |
| Somali | The word 'goobta' in Somali can also refer to a 'meeting' or a 'place of assembly'. |
| Spanish | "Escena" derives from the Latin "ex" and "scaena," and also refers to the "backstage" area in a theater. |
| Sundanese | In the Sundanese language, "pamandangan" also means "a natural environment or scenery". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "eneo" can also mean "place" or "area" and is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-end-," meaning "to lie down" or "to rest." |
| Swedish | The word "scen" can also mean a "place" or a "stage" in the entertainment industry. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "eksena" in Tagalog can also refer to a situation, an event, or a spectacle |
| Tajik | The word “саҳна” (sahna) can also refer to a theater's stage or a movie's set, and it shares this meaning with its Persian origin “sahneh”. |
| Tamil | In the context of television or film, "காட்சி" refers to a sequence of continuous visual shots or frames. |
| Thai | "ฉาก" (scene) also refers to the backdrop or setting in a play, or a mental image or impression. |
| Turkish | In Spanish, "escena" can also refer to a scandal, while in Italian, "scena" can mean a stage or a phase in a play. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "сцени" is derived from the Latin "scena", meaning "stage" or "place of action". |
| Urdu | The word "منظر" can also refer to a sight, view, or landscape. |
| Uzbek | In the Uzbek language, the word "sahna" can also refer to a stage or an event. |
| Vietnamese | "Bối cảnh" can also mean "background" or "context". |
| Welsh | The word "olygfa" has its etymological roots in the Greek word "ὀλιγάκη", meaning a small number or fewness and might therefore also be understood as indicating an "excerpt" |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "imeko" can also refer to a place, a situation, or an event. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "סצענע" can also refer to a scandal or commotion, reflecting its theatrical origin. |
| Yoruba | "Ìṣẹlẹ" means "situation" and is often used to refer to events in which someone's character or reputation has been put at risk. |
| Zulu | The word "isigcawu" is used in Zulu to refer to a stage in a play, a movie or television, a view or spectacle, and an occasion. |
| English | The word "scene" derives from the Greek word "skēnē", meaning "booth, tent, or stage". |