SKENE

Meaning of SKENE in English

[ 'ski:ni ]

■ noun (in ancient Greek theatre) a three-dimensional structure which formed part of the stage or set.

Origin

from Gk skēnē 'hut, tent'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SKENE — noun see: skean
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKENE — In ancient Greek theatre, a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut in which actors changed masks …
Английский словарь Британика
SKENE — I. skene variant of skean II. ske·ne ˈskē(ˌ)nē noun ( plural ske·nai -ˌnī) Etymology: Greek skēnē — more at scene …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKENE — (n.) See Skean.
Английский словарь Webster
SKENE — ( n. ) See Skean.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKENE — skene 1 /skee"nee/ , n. , pl. skenai /-nuy/ . (in the ancient Greek theater) a structure facing the audience …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKENE — n. type of knife or dagger used in Ireland and the Scottish Highlanders (also skean); background for theater performances in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKENE — see skean II
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKENE — noun ·see skean.
Webster English vocab
SKENE — (from Greek skene, scene-building), in ancient Greek theatre, a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut for …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKENE — n. In ancient Greek theatre, a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut in which actors changed …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SKENE — гаэльский кинжал
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKENE — = skean
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKENE — (n) гаэльский кинжал
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SKENE — = skean
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKENE — = skean
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKENE — гаэльский кинжал
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LYNE OF SKENE — County: Aberdeenshire Post Code: AB32
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
KIRKTON OF SKENE — County: Aberdeenshire Post Code: AB32
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
SKEAN — I. or ~e see: skein II. noun or skene see: science Date: 15th century dagger , dirk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCENOGRAPHY — noun Etymology: Greek skēnographia painting of scenery, from skēnē + -graphia -graphy Date: 1645 the art of perspective representation especially …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THEATRE — I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient …
Английский словарь Британика
PROSCENIUM — In a theatre , the frame or arch separating the stage from the auditorium , through which the action of …
Английский словарь Британика
SKEAN — I. noun or skeen or skene also skhian ˈs(h)kē(ə)n ( -s ) Etymology: Irish Gaelic scian & Scottish Gaelic sgian; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHINE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCENE — I. ˈsēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, stage, from Latin scaena, scena, from Greek skēnē booth, tent, skene, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCHEME ARCH — ˈskēm- noun also skeen arch or skene arch ˈskēn- Etymology: scheme, skeen, skene of unknown origin : diminished arch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARASCENIUM — ˌparəˈsēnēəm noun ( plural parasce·nia -nēə) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek paraskēnion, from para- para- (I) + skēnē stage — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKEAN — I. or skeane variant of skein II. noun or skene ˈskē(-ə)n Etymology: Middle English skene, from Irish scian & Scottish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKEAN — [skean] or skeane var of skein [2]skean or skene n [ME skene, fr. Ir scian & ScGael sgian, fr. OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIONYSUS, THEATRE OF — prototype of Greek theatres, situated on the south side of the Acropolis in Athens, in which all extant classical Greek …
Britannica English vocabulary

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