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===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|frm|scene}}, from {{der|en|la|scaena}}, {{m|la|scēna}}, from {{der|en|grc|σκηνή||scene, stage}}. {{doublet|en|scena|skene}}.
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|sēn}}, {{IPA|en|/siːn/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-scene.ogg|Audio (a=US)}}
* {{homophones|en|seen}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːn|s=1}}
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# The [[location]] of an [[event]] that attracts attention.
#: {{ux|en|the '''scene''' of the crime}}
# {{senseid|en|theater}} {{lb|en|archaic|theater}} theThe [[stage]].
#: {{ux|en|They stood in the centre of the '''scene'''.}}
# {{lb|en|theatre}} The [[decoration]]s; [[furnishing]]s and [[background]]s of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
#: {{ux|en|to paint '''scenes'''}}
#: {{ux|en|to change the '''scenes'''}}
#: {{ux|en|behind the '''scenes'''}}
# {{lb|en|theatre|film|television|radio}} A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an [[act]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1905|author=[[w:Emma Orczy|Baroness Emmuska Orczy]]
|title=[[w:The Case of Miss Elliott|The Affair at the Novelty Theatre]]
|chapter=2|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL8479084W
|passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent '''scene''' which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}▼
#: {{ux|en|The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five '''scenes'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The most moving '''scene''' is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.}}
#: {{ux|en|There were some very erotic '''scenes''' in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.}}
▲#* {{RQ:Orczy Miss Elliott|chapter=The Affair at the Novelty Theatre|passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent '''scene''' which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
# The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida|I|prologue|passage=In Troy, there lies the '''scene'''.}}
#* '''{{quote-text|en|year=c. 1810''', {{w|author=w:John M. Mason}}, ''|title=On Religious Controversy''
#*: |passage=The world is a vast '''scene''' of strife.}}
# A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
#: {{ux|en|He assessed the '''scene''' to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.}}
#: {{ux|en|They saw an angry '''scene''' outside the pub.}}
#* {{RQ:Addison Cato|5|1|passage=Through what new '''scenes''' and changes must we pass!}}
#*: Through what new '''scenes''' and changes must we pass!
# A [[landscape]], or part of a landscape; [[scenery]].
#* {{RQ:Dryden Virgil|Palamon and Arcite}}
#*: |passage=A sylvan '''scene''' with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=Foreword|passage=He turned back to the '''scene''' before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}▼
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1963|author={{w|Margery Allingham}}
# An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a [[theatrical]] display.▼
|title={{w|The China Governess}}
|chapter=Foreword|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W
▲|passage=He turned back to the '''scene''' before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
▲# An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a [[theatrical]] display
#: {{ux|en|The headmistress told the students not to cause a '''scene'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The crazy lady made a '''scene''' in the grocery store.}}
#* '''1832''', {{wquote-text|en|year=1832|author=w:Thomas De Quincey}}, ''|title=Kolsterheim''
#*: |passage=Probably no lover of '''scenes''' would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it.}}
# An element of [[fiction]] writing. {{rfex|en}}
# A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a [[subculture]].
#: {{ux|en|She got into the emo '''scene''' at an early age.}}
#: {{ux|en|Indie just isn't my '''scene'''.}}
# {{rfclarify|en}} A youth subculture that was popular in Canada and the United States[[Anglosphere]] in the 2000s and early 2010s. {{slim-wikipedia|Scene (subculture)}}
# {{lb|en|BDSM}} A BDSM fantasy that is acted out.
 
====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|change of scene|demo scene|drop-scene|enter the scene|love scene|make a scene|mise en scene|on the scene|on-scene|scene pack|scene-room|set the scene
|behind-the-scenes|scene queen
|crime scene
|cut scene
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|the location of an event that attracts attention}}
* Antillean Creole: {{t|gcf|senn|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَنْظَر|m}}, {{t|ar|مَشْهَد|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|səhnə}}
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|escena|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|景色|tr=jǐngsè}}, {{t+|cmn|景象|tr=jǐngxiàng}}, {{t+|cmn|現場|tr=xiànchǎng}}, {{t+|cmn|場面|tr=chǎngmiàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|scéna|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|scene|c}}
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* German: {{t+|de|Szene|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκηνή|f}}
* HebrewHaitian Creole: {{t+|heht|סצנהsèn|f|tr=stsena}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סְצֵנָה|f|tr=stséna}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szín}}, {{t+|hu|színhely}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|vettvangur|m}}
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* Latin: {{t+|la|locus|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Zeen|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сценасце́на|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|രംഗം}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|scene|m|f}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-see|(''archaic, theater'') the stage|stage}}
 
{{trans-top-also|(''theater'') decorations, furnishing and fittingsbackgrounds of a stage|decor}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|səhnə}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|декордеко́р|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kulissi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|scène|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|panggung}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сце́на|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|scen|c}}, {{t+|sv|sceneri|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-top|(''theater, film, television, radio'') part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time}}
{{trans-top|subdivision of an act}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տեսարան}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|səhnə}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сценасце́на|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kohtaus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|scène|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|adegan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|シーン|tr=shīn}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|adegan}}, {{t+|ms|babak}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kāpeka}}, {{t|mi|papātanga}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|escena|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|scen|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сце́на|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-top|placelocation, time, circumstance, etc., in which anythingsomething occurs}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَشْهَد|m}}
* Chinese:
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{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-top|assemblagecombination of objects presentedor toevents thein view or happening at oncea given moment at a particular place}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|картинакарти́на|f}}, {{t+|bg|пейзажпейза́ж|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
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{{trans-top|exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сценасце́на|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kohtaus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|scène|f}}, {{t+|fr|scène de ménage|f}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-top|large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|skene}}
* French: {{t+|fr|scène|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|belantika}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scena|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|scen|c}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giới}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|sîn|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|BDSM}} To [[roleplay]].
 
===See also===
* [[mise-en-scene]]
 
===Anagrams===
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{{da-noun|n|r}}
 
# {{l|en|[[stage}}]] {{q|platform for performing in a theatre}} {{topicsC|da|Theater}}
# {{l|en|scene}} {{q|section of a film or a play}}
# {{l|en|scene}} {{q|a setting or a behaviour}}
 
====InflectionDeclension====
{{da-decl|n|r}}
 
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===Etymology===
First known attestation 1486,<ref>{{R:Godefroy|supplement=1}}</ref>, borrowed from {{bor|frm|la|scaena}}.<ref>{{R:fr:TLFi|etym=1}}</ref>.
 
===Noun===
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===Alternative forms===
* {{lalt|nb|sene}}
 
===Etymology===
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{{nb-noun-m1}}
 
# a {{l|en|[[stage}}]] (''in a theatre'') {{topicsC|nb|Theater}}
# a {{l|en|scene}} (''in a film or play'')
 
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===Alternative forms===
* {{lalt|nn|sene}}
 
===Etymology===
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{{nn-noun-f2}}
 
# a {{l|en|[[stage}}]] (''in a theatre'') {{topicsC|nn|Theater}}
# a {{l|en|scene}} (''in a film or play'')
 
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===Adjective===
{{ang-adj|sċēne}} {{tlb|ang|Anglian}}
 
# {{alternative form of|ang|sċīene}}
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