panorama

See also: Panorama, panoráma, panoramă, panoramą, and Panoramą

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/, /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/, [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɛəm.ə], /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/, [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɑː.mə]

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• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/, /ˌpæn.əˈɹaː.mə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Noun

panorama (plural panoramas or panoramata)

1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

2. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
3. (figuratively) A comprehensive survey.

Usage notes

• The plural form panoramata is very rare.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• German: Panorama

Translations

unbroken view of an entire surrounding area — see also view,‎ scenery,‎ landscape

• Arabic: بَانُورَامَا f (bānūrāmā), بَانُورَامَا f (banuramā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全景 (zh) (quánjǐng)

• Dutch: vergezicht (nl) n
• Esperanto: panoramo
• Estonian: panoraam
• Finnish: panoraama, yleisnäkymä
• French: panorama (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: panorama n

• Georgian: პანორამა (ṗanorama)
• German: Panorama (de) n, Rundblick (de) m
• Greek: πανόραμα (el) n (panórama)
• Hindi: परिदृश्य m (paridŕśya)
• Hungarian: panoráma (hu)
• Japanese: パノラマ (ja) (panorama), 全景 (ja) (ぜんけい, zenkei)
• Kazakh: панорама (panorama)
• Korean: 파노라마 (ko) (panorama), 전경(全景) (ko) (jeon'gyeong)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panorama (no) n

  Nynorsk: panorama n

• Occitan: panorama m
• Persian: منظرهٔ وسیع (manzare-ye vasi')
• Polish: panorama (pl) f
• Portuguese: panorama (pt) m
• Quechua: muyuqawa
• Russian: панора́ма (ru) f (panoráma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: панора́ма f

  Latin: panoráma (sh) f

• Spanish: panorama (es) m
• Swedish: panorama (sv) n
• Tagalog: hilihid
• Vietnamese: toàn cảnh
• Volapük: banorem (vo)

picture representing a continuous scene

• Finnish: panoraamakuva
• French: panorama (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: panorama n

• Georgian: პანორამა (ṗanorama)
• German: Panorama (de) n
• Greek: πανόραμα (el) n (panórama)
• Hungarian: panoráma (hu), körkép (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panorama (no) n, panoramabilde n

  Nynorsk: panorama n, panoramabilde n, panoramabilete n

• Polish: panorama (pl) f
• Portuguese: panorama (pt) m
• Spanish: panorama (es) m
• Swedish: panorama (sv) n
• Tagalog: hilihid
• Turkish: Panorama n
• Volapük: banorem (vo)

figurative: comprehensive survey

• Finnish: yleiskuva (fi)
• French: panorama (fr) m
• Hungarian: áttekintés (hu)
• Italian: panorama (it) m
• Portuguese: panorama (pt) m

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• Ainu: ^{(please verify)} ニスス (nisusu)
• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} panoramë (sq)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pemandangan (id)
• Quechua: ^{(please verify)} muyuqawa

Albanian

Noun

panorama

1. plural of panoramë

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pə.nuˈɾa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.noˈɾa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pa.noˈɾa.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

panorama m (plural panorames)

1. panorama

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English panorama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.noːˈraː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧no‧ra‧ma
• Rhymes: -aːmaː

Noun

panorama n (plural panorama's, diminutive panoramaatje n)

1. panorama, vista

Derived terms

• panoramadak
• panoramadek

Related terms

• diorama

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nɔ.ʁa.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. panorama

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English panorama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /panoˈrama/ [pa.noˈra.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

panorama (plural panorama-panorama)

1. panorama

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.noˈra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: pa‧no‧rà‧ma

• Audio:

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Noun

panorama m (plural panorami)

1. view, panorama

   Synonym: vista

2. outline

Derived terms

• panoramico

Anagrams

• paramano

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English panorama.

Noun

panorama n (definite singular panoramaet, indefinite plural panorama or panoramaer, definite plural panoramaene)

1. a panorama

Derived terms

• panoramabilde
• panoramautsikt

References

• “panorama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English panorama.

Noun

panorama n (definite singular panoramaet, indefinite plural panorama, definite plural panoramaa)

1. a panorama

Derived terms

• panoramabilde, panoramabilete
• panoramautsikt

References

• “panorama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

panorama sense 1

panorama sense 3

panorama sense 4

panorama sense 5

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English panorama, French panorama, German Panorama, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅραμα (hórama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nɔˈra.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: pa‧no‧ra‧ma
• Homophone: Panorama

Noun

panorama f (related adjective panoramowy)

2. panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   Synonym: perspektywa

   Hypernym: widok

3. (film, literature) panorama (comprehensive presentation of an issue in a literary work or film) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   Hypernym: opis

5. (painting) panorama (large-scale painting on canvas, usually depicting a landscape or battle scene) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   Hypernyms: malowidło, obraz

7. (photography) panorama (photograph depicting an extensive view, usually viewed from an elevated position) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   Hypernyms: fotografia, zdjęcie

9. skyline (horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky) [with genitive ‘of what’]

Declension

Declension of panorama

	singular	plural
nominative	panorama	panoramy
genitive	panoramy	panoram
dative	panoramie	panoramom
accusative	panoramę	panoramy
instrumental	panoramą	panoramami
locative	panoramie	panoramach
vocative	panoramo	panoramy

Derived terms

adjectives

• panoramiczny

Related terms

adverbs

• panoramicznie

nouns

• panoramiczność

verbs

• panoramować impf

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “panorama”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• panorama in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.noˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.nuˈɾɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.nuˈɾɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.nuˈɾa.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. panorama (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area)
2. panorama (picture representing a continuous scene)
3. (figuratively) panorama (comprehensive survey on a subject)

Derived terms

• panorâmico

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “panorama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panorǎːma/
• Hyphenation: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

panoráma f (Cyrillic spelling панора́ма)

1. panorama

Declension

Declension of panorama

	singular	plural
nominative	panoráma	panorame
genitive	panorame	panorámā / panorámī
dative	panorami	panoramama
accusative	panoramu	panorame
vocative	panoramo	panorame
locative	panorami	panoramama
instrumental	panoramom	panoramama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panoˈɾama/ [pa.noˈɾa.ma]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

panorama m (plural panoramas)

1. scenery

   Synonym: paisaje

2. panorama
3. outlook

Derived terms

• libertad de panorama

Related terms

• panorámico

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

panorama n

1. a panorama

Declension

Declension of panorama

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	panorama	panoramas
	definite	panoramat	panoramats
plural	indefinite	panoramor	panoramors
	definite	panoramorna	panoramornas

Declension of panorama

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	panorama	panoramas
	definite	panoramat	panoramats
plural	indefinite	panoraman	panoramans
	definite	panoramana	panoramanas

Related terms

• panoramisk (“panoramic”)

References

• “panorama”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “panorama”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “panorama”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English panorama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌpanoˈɾama/ [ˌpaː.n̪oˈɾaː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

pánoráma (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜓᜇᜋ)

1. panorama

   Synonyms: hilihid, saligway

See also

• tanawin

Further reading

• “panorama”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “panorama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “panorama”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پانوراما, پانورامه (panorama), from French panorama or English panorama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.noˈɾa.ma/
• Hyphenation: pa‧no‧ra‧ma

Noun

panorama (definite accusative panoramayı, plural panoramalar)

1. A panorama.
2. (by extension) The general outlook.

Declension

Declension of panorama

singular plural nominative panorama panoramalar definite accusative panoramayı panoramaları dative panoramaya panoramalara locative panoramada panoramalarda ablative panoramadan panoramalardan genitive panoramanın panoramaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular panoramam panoramalarım 2nd singular panoraman panoramaların 3rd singular panoraması panoramaları 1st plural panoramamız panoramalarımız 2nd plural panoramanız panoramalarınız 3rd plural panoramaları panoramaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular panoramamı panoramalarımı 2nd singular panoramanı panoramalarını 3rd singular panoramasını panoramalarını 1st plural panoramamızı panoramalarımızı 2nd plural panoramanızı panoramalarınızı 3rd plural panoramalarını panoramalarını dative singular plural 1st singular panoramama panoramalarıma 2nd singular panoramana panoramalarına 3rd singular panoramasına panoramalarına 1st plural panoramamıza panoramalarımıza 2nd plural panoramanıza panoramalarınıza 3rd plural panoramalarına panoramalarına locative singular plural 1st singular panoramamda panoramalarımda 2nd singular panoramanda panoramalarında 3rd singular panoramasında panoramalarında 1st plural panoramamızda panoramalarımızda 2nd plural panoramanızda panoramalarınızda 3rd plural panoramalarında panoramalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular panoramamdan panoramalarımdan 2nd singular panoramandan panoramalarından 3rd singular panoramasından panoramalarından 1st plural panoramamızdan panoramalarımızdan 2nd plural panoramanızdan panoramalarınızdan 3rd plural panoramalarından panoramalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular panoramamın panoramalarımın 2nd singular panoramanın panoramalarının 3rd singular panoramasının panoramalarının 1st plural panoramamızın panoramalarımızın 2nd plural panoramanızın panoramalarınızın 3rd plural panoramalarının panoramalarının

Derived terms

• panoramik

Related terms

• diorama
• pano

Further reading

• “panorama”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “panorama”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3766