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English
Etymology
From Middle English scrit , borrowed from Old French escrit , from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō ( “ write ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
script (countable and uncountable , plural scripts )
( countable , obsolete ) A writing ; a written document .
Synonyms: cursive , hand , handwriting , manuscript
Written characters ; style of writing .
( typography ) Type made in imitation of handwriting .
Synonym: cursive
( countable , law ) An original instrument or document .
( countable ) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama ; the text of a stage play , movie , or other performance . Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
Synonym: play
Hyponyms: screenplay , teleplay , telescript , radioplay
( computing ) A brief and simple program.
I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
( computing ) A file containing a list of user commands , allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence .
Synonyms: batch file , macro , shell script
Hyponyms: coffeescript , here-script , postscript
( psychology ) Ellipsis of behavioral script ; a sequence of actions in a given situation .
( linguistics ) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
Synonyms: language script , writing system
( informal ) Clipping of prescription . ( for drugs or medicine )
2020 , Emily Segal , Mercury Retrograde , New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN :She gave me a Bipolar II diagnosis and a script for epilepsy medicine that could be used off-label in cases like mine.
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
Translations
writing; written document
Arabic: كِتَابَة f ( kitāba )
Azerbaijani: yazı (az)
Bulgarian: писмо́ (bg) n ( pismó )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文章 (zh) ( wénzhāng )
Dutch: geschrift (nl) n
Estonian: käsikiri
Finnish: kirjoitus (fi) , käsikirjoitus (fi)
French: écrit (fr) m
German: Skript (de) n , Skriptum (de) n
Greek: γραφή (el) f ( grafí ) , χειρόγραφο (el) n ( cheirógrafo ) , γραπτό (el) n ( graptó )
Hungarian: forgatókönyv (hu) sg
Italian: scritto (it) m
Japanese: 文書 (ja) ( ぶんしょ, bunsho ) , 文章 (ja) ( ぶんしょう, bunshō )
Korean: 문서(文書) (ko) ( munseo ) , 문장(文章) (ko) ( munjang )
Maori: hōtuhi
Plautdietsch: Schreft f
Polish: pismo (pl) n
Portuguese: escrito (pt) m
Russian: скрипт (ru) m ( skript ) , письмо́ (ru) n ( pisʹmó )
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn f
Spanish: escrito (es) m , escripto (es) m
Swedish: handskrift (sv) c
written characters, style of writing
Arabic: كِتَابَة f ( kitāba )
Assamese: আখৰ ( akhor ) , লিপি ( lipi ) , হৰফ ( horoph )
Belarusian: по́чырк m ( póčyrk )
Bulgarian: по́черк m ( póčerk ) , пи́смен знак m ( písmen znak )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文字 (zh) ( wénzì )
Dutch: handschrift (nl) n
Estonian: trükikiri
Finnish: käsiala (fi)
French: écriture (fr) f
German: Handschrift (de) f
Greek: γραφή (el) f ( grafí )
Hindi: लिपि (hi) f ( lipi ) , लेखन (hi) m ( lekhan )
Hungarian: írás (hu) sg
Italian: scrittura (it) f , calligrafia (it) f
Japanese: 書体 (ja) ( しょたい, shotai ) , 文字 (ja) ( もんじ, monji, もじ, moji )
Korean: 문자(文字) (ko) ( munja )
Malayalam: ലിപി (ml) ( lipi )
Maori: hōtuhi
Mongolian: бичиг (mn) ( bičig )
Plautdietsch: Schreft f
Polish: pismo (pl) n
Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
Russian: по́черк (ru) m ( póčerk ) , ( font ) шрифт (ru) m ( šrift ) , пи́сьменность (ru) f ( písʹmennostʹ )
Swedish: skrivstil (sv) c
Telugu: లిపి (te) ( lipi )
Turkish: hat (tr)
Ukrainian: по́черк m ( póčerk )
Urdu: لیکھن m ( lekhan )
Venetan: scritura f
type made in imitation of handwriting
(law) an original instrument or document
text of the dialogue and action for a drama
Arabic: سِينَارْيُو m ( sināryū )
Armenian: սցենար (hy) ( scʻenar )
Azerbaijani: ssenari
Basque: libreto
Belarusian: сцэна́рый m ( scenáryj ) , сцэна́р m ( scenár )
Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m ( scenárij )
Burmese: ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (my) ( jathnywan: )
Catalan: guió (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腳本 / 脚本 (zh) ( jiǎoběn )
Czech: scénář (cs) m
Danish: manuskript n
Esperanto: scenaro
Estonian: käsikiri
Faroese: handrit n
Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi)
French: script (fr) m , scénario (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Drehbuch (de) n , Skript (de) n
Greek: σενάριο (el) n ( senário )
Hebrew: תַּסְרִיט m
Italian: copione (it) m
Japanese: 脚本 (ja) ( きゃくほん, kyakuhon ) , 台本 (ja) ( だいほん, daihon )
Khmer: នាដកថា (km) ( niədaʼkaʼthaa )
Korean: 각본(脚本) (ko) ( gakbon ) , 대본(臺本) (ko) ( daebon )
Lao: ບົດລະຄອນ ( bot la khǭn )
Macedonian: сценарио n ( scenario )
Malayalam: തിരക്കഥ (ml) ( tirakkatha )
Maori: hōtuhi
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: نَمایِشنامِه m
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: script (pt) m , roteiro (pt) m
Romanian: scenariu (ro) n , script n
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m ( scenárij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сцѐна̄рӣј m
Roman: scènārīj (sh) m
Slovak: scenár m
Slovene: scenarij (sl) m
Spanish: libreto (es) m , guion (es) m
Swahili: mswada class m /mi
Swedish: manus (sv) n , manuskript (sv) n
Tagalog: sulatsay
Thai: บทละคร ( bòt-lá-kɔɔn )
Turkish: senaryo (tr)
Ukrainian: сцена́рій m ( scenárij )
Vietnamese: kịch bản (vi)
(computing) procedure or program
(psychology) sequence of actions
Verb
script (third-person singular simple present scripts , present participle scripting , simple past and past participle scripted )
( transitive ) To make or write a script .
( transitive ) To devise , concoct , or contrive .
2018 , James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson ”, in International Journal of Lexicography , volume 31 , number 4, →DOI , page 487 :Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
Derived terms
Translations
to make or write a script
References
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English script .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /skrɪpt/
Hyphenation: script
Rhymes: -ɪpt
Noun
script n (plural scripts , diminutive scriptje n or ( Netherlands , informal ) scrippie n )
( art ) script ( written text of a dramatic performance )
( computing ) script ( sequential list of commands )
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English script . Doublet of écrit .
Pronunciation
Noun
script m (plural scripts )
script ( written dialogue for a play, film, etc. )
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English script .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : (phonetic respelling: szkript )
Hyphenation: script
Noun
script (plural scriptek )
( computing ) script
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English script , from Middle English scrit , Old French escrit , and ultimately Latin scriptum ( “ something written ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
script n (definite singular scriptet , indefinite plural script , definite plural scripta or scriptene )
( computing ) a script ( list of commands )
( colloquial , cinematography ) a script ( written document containing dialogue )
script m (definite singular scripten , indefinite plural scripter , definite plural scriptene )
( cinematography ) a script supervisor
Derived terms
References
“script” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“script” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English script , from Middle English scrit , Old French escrit , and ultimately Latin scriptum ( “ something written ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
script n (definite singular scriptet , indefinite plural script , definite plural scripta )
( computing ) a script ( list of commands )
( colloquial , cinematography ) a script ( written document containing dialogue )
script m (definite singular scripten , indefinite plural scriptar , definite plural scriptane )
( cinematography ) a script supervisor
Derived terms
References
“script” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
“script” , in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet , Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English script . Doublet of escrito .
Pronunciation
Noun
script m (plural scripts )
( acting ) script ( text of the dialogue and action for a drama )
Synonym: roteiro
( computing ) script ( source code that is interpreted rather than compiled )
Romanian
Etymology
Initially inherited from Latin scriptum as the past participle of scrie , which was later replaced by scris . The current meaning is borrowed from English script .
Noun
script n (plural scripturi )
script (of a film, play, show, etc.)
Synonym: scenariu
Declension