Downstage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)

of the front half of a stage

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪlˌɛktɹoʊtˈɪpi/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪlˌɛktɹoʊtˈɪpi/.

Examples

the actors moved further and further downstage

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

upstage

Parts of Speech

noun	the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
adjective	of the front half of a stage
adverb	at or toward the front of the stage “the actors moved further and further downstage”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

hinter der Bühne

die vordere Hälfte der Bühne (vom Publikum aus gesehen)

🇫🇷French

en coulisses

la moitié avant de la scène (vue du public)

🇪🇸Spanish

amistosamente

la mitad frontal del escenario (visto desde la audiencia)

🇮🇹Italian

sotto le quinte

la metà anteriore del palco (vista dal pubblico)

🇳🇱Dutch

beneden het podium

de voorste helft van het podium (gezien vanaf het publiek)

🇵🇹Portuguese

abaixo do palco

a metade frontal do palco (visto do público)

🇷🇺Russian

за кулисами

передняя половина сцены (вид из зала)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दोस्ताना

मंच का अगला भाग (जैसा कि दर्शकों से देखा गया)

🇧🇩Bengali

নিচের মঞ্চ

মঞ্চের সামনের অর্ধেক (শ্রোতাদের কাছ থেকে দেখা যায়)

🇮🇳Tamil

கீழ்நிலை

மேடையின் முன் பாதி (பார்வையாளர்களிடமிருந்து பார்க்கப்பட்டது)

🇮🇳Telugu

దిగువ వేదిక

వేదిక ముందు భాగం (ప్రేక్షకుల నుండి చూసినట్లుగా)

🇮🇳Marathi

डाउनस्टेज

स्टेजचा पुढचा अर्धा भाग (प्रेक्षकांकडून पाहिल्याप्रमाणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડાઉન સ્ટેજ

સ્ટેજનો આગળનો અડધો ભાગ (જેમ કે પ્રેક્ષકોથી દેખાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆಳಹಂತದ

ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಮುಂಭಾಗದ ಅರ್ಧ (ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಂದ ನೋಡಿದಂತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

താഴേത്തട്ടിൽ

സ്റ്റേജിൻ്റെ മുൻ പകുതി (സദസ്സിൽ നിന്ന് കാണുന്നത് പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੇਠਲੇ ਪੜਾਅ

ਸਟੇਜ ਦਾ ਅਗਲਾ ਅੱਧ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਦਰਸ਼ਕਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

نیچے

اسٹیج کا اگلا نصف حصہ (جیسا کہ سامعین سے دیکھا گیا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

前台

舞台前半部分（从观众席看到）

🇯🇵Japanese

舞台裏

ステージ前半（客席から見たところ）

🇰🇷Korean

무대 아래

무대 앞쪽(객석에서 본 모습)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ở dưới sân khấu

nửa phía trước của sân khấu (được nhìn từ phía khán giả)

🇹🇭Thai

ดาวน์สเตจ

ครึ่งหน้าเวที (เท่าที่เห็นจากผู้ชม)

🇮🇩Indonesian

di bawah panggung

bagian depan panggung (dilihat dari penonton)

🇵🇭Filipino

pababa ng stage

sa harap na kalahati ng entablado (tulad ng nakikita mula sa madla)

🇲🇾Malay

bawah pentas

separuh hadapan pentas (seperti yang dilihat daripada penonton)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

في الطابق السفلي

النصف الأمامي من المسرح (كما يرى من الجمهور)

🇮🇷Persian

پایین صحنه

نیمه جلوی صحنه (از دید تماشاگران)

🇹🇷Turkish

sahne arkası

sahnenin ön yarısı (izleyicilerden görüldüğü gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

למטה במה

החצי הקדמי של הבמה (כפי שנראה מהקהל)

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