Dictionary

panorama en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ (Australia)
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɑː.mə] (Canada, US)
• [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɛəm.ə] (Canada, US)
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/ (UK)
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌpæn.əˈɹaː.mə/ (Australia)

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

Meanings

1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
   • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
2. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
3. (figuratively) A comprehensive survey.

Forms

Deriveds

panoramic · panoramist · Mount Panorama · Cinerama · panoramize · freedom of panorama · panoramagram · -orama · polyorama · photopanorama

Descendants

Panorama

Translations (61)

vo banorem (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ka პანორამა (picture representing a continuous scene) · cmn 全景 (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · pt panorama (figurative: comprehensive survey) · el πανόραμα (picture representing a continuous scene) · ar بَانُورَامَا (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ar بَانُورَامَا (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · el πανόραμα (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · et panoraam (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ja パノラマ (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · vo banorem (picture representing a continuous scene) · sv panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · nb panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · hi परिदृश्य (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · sv panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · hu panoráma (picture representing a continuous scene) · tl hilihid (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · es panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · fa منظرهٔ وسیع (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · de Rundblick (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · nn panoramabilete (picture representing a continuous scene) · nn panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · hu panoráma (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · de Panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · fy panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · nn panoramabilde (picture representing a continuous scene) · pl panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · ko 전경 (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · fr panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · fi yleisnäkymä (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · sh panoráma (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ko 파노라마 (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · eo panoramo (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · nl vergezicht (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · pt panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · es panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · nb panoramabilde (picture representing a continuous scene) · tl hilihid (picture representing a continuous scene) · it panorama (figurative: comprehensive survey) · oc panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · tr Panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · sh панора́ма (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · hu áttekintés (figurative: comprehensive survey) · kk панорама (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · pl panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · fy panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · fi panoraama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · de Panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · qu muyuqawa (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · fi yleiskuva (figurative: comprehensive survey) · fr panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · pt panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ja 全景 (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · fr panorama (figurative: comprehensive survey) · vi toàn cảnh (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ka პანორამა (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · ru панора́ма (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) · hu körkép (picture representing a continuous scene) · nb panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · nn panorama (picture representing a continuous scene) · fi panoraamakuva (picture representing a continuous scene)

wikipedia: Robert Barker (painter)