ETYM Latin scaena, scena, Greek skene a covered place, a tent, a stage.
(Homonym: seen).
1. A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film; SYN. shot.
2. A subdivision of an act of a play.
3. An incident (real or imaginary).
4. The graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; SYN. view.
5. The place where some action occurs.
1. Discussion.
2. Querelle.
Poisson.
1. Endroit.
2. Localité.
3. (Au pluriel) Locaux.
1. Lieu. La scène d'une action.
2. Spectacle. Une scène champêtre.
3. Dispute. Une scène de ménage.
In a play, a subdivision of an act, marking a change of location or mood, or, for example, the entrance of an important character. A scene is roughly the equivalent of a chapter in a book. Traditionally changes of scene were marked by changes of props (properties); hence the term “scenery”.