mise-en-scene (noun)
1mise en scène — ► NOUN 1) the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. 2) the setting of an event. ORIGIN French, putting on stage …
2mise en scene — mise en scène 1833, from Fr. MISE EN SCÈNE (Cf. mise en scène), lit. setting on the stage, from mise (13c.), lit. a putting, placing, noun use of fem. pp. of mettre to put, place, from L. mittere to send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)) …
3mise en scène — 1833, from Fr. MISE EN SCÈNE (Cf. mise en scène), lit. setting on the stage, from mise (13c.), lit. a putting, placing, noun use of fem. pp. of mettre to put, place, from L. mittere to send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)) …
4mise-en-scène — noun (plural mise en scènes) Etymology: French mise en scène Date: 1833 1. a. the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production b. stage setting 2. a. the physical setting of an action (as of a narrative or a motion… …
5mise-en-scène — [ ,miz an sen ] noun count TECHNICAL the way that furniture and other objects are arranged on a theater stage a. LITERARY the type of place where an event happens. A more common word for this is setting …
6mise-en-scène — |mēˌzäⁿ|sen, sān noun (plural mise en scènes) Etymology: French mise en scène, literally, (action of) putting onto the stage 1. a. : the process of putting a play or other theatrical production on the stage : the arrangement of the scenery,… …
7mise-en-scène — UK [ˌmiːz ɒn ˈsen] / US [ˌmɪz ɑn ˈsen] noun [countable] Word forms mise en scène : singular mise en scène plural mise en scènes theatre a) the way that furniture and other objects are arranged on a theatre stage b) literary the type of place… …
8mise en scène — [ˌmi:z ɒmise en scène sɛn] noun 1》 the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. 2》 the setting of an event. Origin Fr., lit. putting on stage …
9mise en scène — noun /mizɑ̃sɛn/ a) Physical environment; surroundings. b) The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film …
10mise-en-scéne — noun (C) French 1 technical the arrangement of furniture and other objects used on the stage in a theatre play 2 formal the environment in which an event takes place …
