pageant

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

parade

spectacle

cavalcade

cortège

pompe

spectacle historique

Synonymes

pageantry

show

cortege

exhibition

festival

pomp

pretence

pretense

procession

scene

tableau

tableau vivant

gratifying spectacle

carnival

pleasant sight

cavalcade

Traductions

cabalgata

επίδειξη

Pomp

espectáculo

gösteri

tören

praal

parata

vertoning

préstito

alay

debdebe

nümayiş

Reiterzug

Kavalkade

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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”).