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landscape.

A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/UK/ˈlæn(d)skɪp/obsolete
  1. A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A sociological aspect of a physical area.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The pictorial aspect of a country.

    countable · uncountable
  6. a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

    uncountable
  7. A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")

    countable · uncountable
  8. a situation that is presented, a scenario

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
    The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years
Where this word comes from

From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.

verb/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/UK/ˈlæn(d)skɪp/obsolete
  1. To create or maintain a landscape.

Where this word comes from

From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.