pageant

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

praal

vertoning

carnaval

cavalcade

pracht

Synoniemen

pageantry

show

cortege

exhibition

festival

pomp

pretence

pretense

procession

scene

tableau

tableau vivant

gratifying spectacle

carnival

pleasant sight

cavalcade

Vertalingen

cabalgata

επίδειξη

Pomp

espectáculo

gösteri

tören

spectacle

parade

parata

préstito

alay

debdebe

nümayiş

Reiterzug

Kavalkade

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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”).