landscape en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈlæn(d)skɪp/ (obsolete)
- /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ (UK)
Etymology
From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
Piſcat[or]. [...] [T]heſe Hills though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good Beef, and Mutton above ground, and afford good ſtore of Lead within. / Viat[or]. They had need of all thoſe commodities to make amends for the ill Land-ſchape: [...]
1676, Charles Cotton, chapter II, in The Compleat Angler. Being Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream. Part. II., 5th edition, London: […] Richard Marriott, and Henry Brome […], →OCLC, page 12:Its steel helped build America, from the skyscrapers dotting city landscapes to the cars speeding down highways, to the appliances inside millions of homes.
2025 June 13, Luciana Lopez and Chris Isidore, “US Steel and Nippon Steel say Trump has approved their partnership”, in CNN Business:Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.
1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
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(countable, uncountable) A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.
2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN:
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(countable, uncountable) A sociological aspect of a physical area.
In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.]
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
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(countable, uncountable) A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:
- (countable, uncountable) The pictorial aspect of a country.
- (uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
- (countable, uncountable) A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) a situation that is presented, a scenario
The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landskip | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| landscapes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
portrait (antonym(s) of “printing mode”)
Deriveds
landscapism · blandscape · -scape · fitness landscape · landscape architect · landscape architecture · landscapey · landscape genetics · English landscape garden · landscapist · paleolandscape · linguistic landscape · English landscape park · palaeolandscape · landscapity · relandscape · microlandscape · landscaper · landscape connectedness · landscape connectivity · landscape gardener · landscape gardening · brandscape · office landscape · isoscape
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
desertscape · sandscape · lavascape · chimneyscape · beachscape · nightscape · fieldscape · woodscape · moonscape · forestscape · weedscape · offscape · naturescape · rockscape · cliffscape · valleyscape · greenspace · factoryscape · roofscape · vista · lakescape · farmscape · treescape · lawnscape · streamscape · dunescape · streetscape · meadowscape · urbanscape · dryscape · blandscape · marshscape · harborscape · poolscape · planetscape · snowscape · hillscape · rainscape · mudscape · waterscape · flatscape · builtscape
Meronyms
mountain · building · road · lake · hill · landform · river · valley
Synonyms
landscape · scene · terrain · prospect · outlook · scenery · panorama · view · perspective
Translations (201)
it panorama (scenario) · sh pèjzāž (picture representing a scene) · et maastik (portion of land or territory) · fi näkymä (scenario) · ro peisaj (pictorial aspect of a country) · es modo horizontal (mode of printing) · ka პეიზაჟი (portion of land or territory) · kmr menzere (portion of land or territory) · th ทิวทัศน์ (portion of land or territory) · de Querformat (mode of printing) · ru ландша́фт (portion of land or territory) · be пэйза́ж (portion of land or territory) · ru пейза́ж (portion of land or territory) · sv landskap (picture representing a scene) · he נוֹף (portion of land or territory) · ur مَنْظَر (portion of land or territory) · pt vista (portion of land or territory) · eo pejzaĝo (picture representing a scene) · uk пейза́ж (portion of land or territory) · nl landschap (portion of land or territory) · pl krajobraz (picture representing a scene) · bg ла́ндшафт (portion of land or territory) · pl pejzaż (scenario) · pl pejzaż (portion of land or territory) · gd cruth-tìre (portion of land or territory) · fi maisema (space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made) · tr topia (portion of land or territory) · ky ландшафт (portion of land or territory) · sv landskap (portion of land or territory) · hu vidék (portion of land or territory) · pt paisagem (picture representing a scene) · sh prédeo (portion of land or territory) · tr suver-i tabii (portion of land or territory) · uk краєви́д (portion of land or territory) · ast paisaxe (portion of land or territory) · fr paysage (mode of printing) · pt paisagem (mode of printing) · tr tabiat sureti (portion of land or territory) · vo länod (portion of land or territory) · az landşaft (portion of land or territory) · hi भूदृश्य (portion of land or territory) · sh пèјзāж (picture representing a scene) · ca paisatge (pictorial aspect of a country) · th ทัศนียภาพ (portion of land or territory) · ga tírdhreachtaigh (pictorial aspect of a country) · hu táj (portion of land or territory) · hy պեյզաժ (portion of land or territory) · km ទស្សនីយភាព (portion of land or territory) · pt paisagem (pictorial aspect of a country) · be краяві́д (portion of land or territory) · ja 風景 (portion of land or territory) · vi phong cảnh (portion of land or territory) · ko 랜드스케이프 (portion of land or territory) · nb landskap (portion of land or territory) · tr yatay (mode of printing) · fr paysage (portion of land or territory) · uz landshaft (portion of land or territory) · bg пейза́ж (picture representing a scene) · tk landşaft (portion of land or territory) · sl pejsaž (portion of land or territory) · mn ландшафт (portion of land or territory) · sq peizazh (portion of land or territory) · mk предел (portion of land or territory) · lo ທິວທັດ (portion of land or territory) · et rõhtpaigutus (mode of printing) · es paisaje (pictorial aspect of a country) · fi maisema (pictorial aspect of a country) · ka პეიზაჟი (picture representing a scene) · mi nohopae (mode of printing) · my ရှုခင်း (portion of land or territory) · it scenario (scenario) · ca apaïsat (mode of printing) · tr tabiat resmi (portion of land or territory) · it paesaggio (picture representing a scene) · ps منظره (portion of land or territory) · tr panaroma (portion of land or territory) · fi vaakakuva (mode of printing) · hi नज़ारा (portion of land or territory) · ca paisatge (portion of land or territory) · es paisaje (picture representing a scene) · hu tájkép (picture representing a scene) · tg ландшафт (portion of land or territory) · az mənzərə (portion of land or territory) · ko 풍경 (portion of land or territory) · hu fekvő elrendezés (mode of printing) · mk пејза́ж (picture representing a scene) · pdt Launtschoft (portion of land or territory) · cmn 景色 (portion of land or territory) · nb landskapsmaleri (picture representing a scene) · lt kraštovaizdis (portion of land or territory) · is landslag (portion of land or territory) · ga pictiúr den tírdhreach (picture representing a scene) · ur مَنْظَرَہ (portion of land or territory) · es terrazo (portion of land or territory) · da landskab (picture representing a scene) · mi horanuku (picture representing a scene) · tr manzara-i tabii (portion of land or territory) · es paisaje (portion of land or territory) · es modo apaisado (mode of printing) · sh prédeo (picture representing a scene) · fi maisemakuva (picture representing a scene) · ja ランドスケープ (portion of land or territory) · gl paisaxe (picture representing a scene) · mk пејза́ж (portion of land or territory) · hu helyzet (scenario) · sl pokrajina (portion of land or territory) · ga taobh tíre (portion of land or territory) · mt pajsaġġ (portion of land or territory) · fa-ira چَشْماَنْداز (portion of land or territory) · th ภูมิประเทศ (portion of land or territory) · cs krajina (portion of land or territory) · it paesaggio (portion of land or territory) · ja 景色 (portion of land or territory) · de Landschaft (pictorial aspect of a country) · et maastik (pictorial aspect of a country) · nn landskapsmåleri (picture representing a scene) · tg манзара (portion of land or territory) · ur نَظارَہ (portion of land or territory) · it paesaggio (pictorial aspect of a country) · mk пре́дел (space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made) · ko 경관 (portion of land or territory) · lv ainava (portion of land or territory) · bn ভূদৃশ্য (portion of land or territory) · yi לאַנדשאַפֿט (portion of land or territory) · es terrazo (picture representing a scene) · uz manzara (portion of land or territory) · ar مَنْظَر (portion of land or territory) · sh кра̏јолик (pictorial aspect of a country) · be ландша́фт (portion of land or territory) · sh пре́део (picture representing a scene) · da landskab (pictorial aspect of a country) · ga tírdhreach (scenario) · pt panorama (portion of land or territory) · yi פּייסאַזש (portion of land or territory) · fi maisema (picture representing a scene) · ar مَنْظَر طَبِيعِيّ (portion of land or territory) · io peizajo (portion of land or territory) · et maastik (space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made) · gd cruth-tìre (pictorial aspect of a country) · ru альбо́мная ориента́ция (mode of printing) · sh krȁjolik (portion of land or territory) · hy լանդշաֆտ (portion of land or territory) · hu táj (pictorial aspect of a country) · de Landschaft (portion of land or territory) · id lanskap (pictorial aspect of a country) · ug مەنزىرە (portion of land or territory) · rue країна (portion of land or territory) · fa-ira مَنْظَر (portion of land or territory) · sh пре́део (portion of land or territory) · chr ᎦᏙᎯ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ (portion of land or territory) · lv peizāža (portion of land or territory) · pt ambiente (space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made) · bg пейза́ж (portion of land or territory) · be пейза́ж (portion of land or territory) · ms landskap (portion of land or territory) · mi horanuku (pictorial aspect of a country) · ga tírdhreach (picture representing a scene) · it panorama (portion of land or territory) · ga radharc tíre (picture representing a scene) · th ภูมิทัศน์ (portion of land or territory) · tr peyzaj (portion of land or territory) · pt paisagem (portion of land or territory) · el τοπίο (pictorial aspect of a country) · it orizzontale (mode of printing) · sh крȁјобраз (portion of land or territory) · id lanskap (portion of land or territory) · tr manzara (pictorial aspect of a country) · tr tabiat manzarası (portion of land or territory) · sh крȁјолик (portion of land or territory) · hi मंज़र (portion of land or territory) · ru пейза́ж (picture representing a scene) · fi maisemataulu (picture representing a scene) · hu fekvő oldalbeállítás (mode of printing) · da landskab (portion of land or territory) · bg пейза́ж (pictorial aspect of a country) · pl krajobraz (portion of land or territory) · fa-ira مَنْظَرِه (portion of land or territory) · fi maisema (portion of land or territory) · ga tírdhreach (portion of land or territory) · ast paisaxe (picture representing a scene) · kk ландшафт (portion of land or territory) · fi maisemamaalaus (picture representing a scene) · hu fekvő tájolás (mode of printing) · uk ландша́фт (portion of land or territory) · el τοπίο (portion of land or territory) · sh krȁjolik (pictorial aspect of a country) · sk krajina (portion of land or territory) · myv масторчамо (portion of land or territory) · sh krȁjobraz (portion of land or territory) · nl liggend (mode of printing) · ro peisaj (portion of land or territory) · hi परिदृश्य (portion of land or territory) · ka ლანდშაფტი (portion of land or territory) · tr manzara (portion of land or territory) · cmn 風景 /风景 (portion of land or territory) · eo pejzaĝo (portion of land or territory) · lt peizažas (portion of land or territory) · ja 横 (mode of printing) · vi cảnh sắc (portion of land or territory) · gl paisaxe (portion of land or territory) · ca paisatge (picture representing a scene)