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proscenium

French, noun\pʁɔ.se.njɔm\

proscenium is spelled P-R-O-S-C-E-N-I-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proscenium is a French masculine noun meaning “proscenium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie du théâtre antique comprenant à la fois ce que nous appelons la scène et l’avant-scène, où jouaient…”.

What does proscenium mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineproscenium

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Partie du théâtre antique comprenant à la fois ce que nous appelons la scène et l’avant-scène, où jouaient les acteurs.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de proscenium.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of proscenium

  • prosceniums plural
  • proscénium
  • proscéniums plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce proscenium?

  • \pʁɔ.se.njɔm\
  • [pʁɔ.se.njɔm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is proscenium in French?

proscenium appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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