widescreen

English

Etymology

From wide +‎ screen.

Noun

widescreen (plural widescreens)

1. (often attributive) A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.

Translations

screen with a wider than normal aspect ratio

• Dutch: breedbeeld (nl) n
• Faroese: breiðtjald n
• Finnish: laajakuva
• French: panoramique (fr)
• German: Breitbildschirm m, Breitbild n
• Greek: ευρεία οθόνη f (evreía othóni)
• Japanese: ワイドスクリーン (waidosukurīn)
• Malay: skrin lebar, layar lebar
• Marathi: वाइड्स्क्रीन (vāiḍskrīn)
• Romanian: ecran panoramic (ro) n

Adjective

widescreen (not comparable)

1. (film) Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
2. (of a motion picture) Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation.

Synonyms

• panoramic

Translations

filmed in a greater aspect ratio

• Dutch: breedbeeld (nl)
• Finnish: laajakuva-, panoraama-
• French: panoramique (fr)
• Italian: panoramico (it)
• Japanese: ワイドスクリーン (waidosukurīn), ワイド画面 (ワイドがめん, waido gamen)
• Latin: panoramicus
• Marathi: वाइड्स्क्रीन (vāiḍskrīn)
• Romanian: panoramic (ro) m, pe ecran lat
• Spanish: panorámico

Coordinate terms

• anamorphic
• aspect ratio
• high definition
• letterbox
• modified aspect ratio
• original aspect ratio
• pan and scan