pageant

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
2. A spectacular ceremony.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
4. (obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

Verb

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Conceptes

pompa

cavalcada

Sinònims

pageantry

show

cortege

exhibition

festival

pomp

pretence

pretense

procession

scene

tableau

tableau vivant

gratifying spectacle

carnival

pleasant sight

cavalcade

Traduccions

cabalgata

nümayiş

parade

préstito

Pomp

gösteri

parata

spectacle

praal

vertoning

espectáculo

επίδειξη

alay

debdebe

tören

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: pagent

In summary

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).