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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) A writing; a written document.
- Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
- Written characters; style of writing.
- Hyponyms: subscript, superscript
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London:But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?
- (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
- (by extension) A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in Time[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 April 2026:I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.
- (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).
2014, “Don't Play”, performed by Travis Scott ft. Big Sean and The 1975:Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off
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.
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Translations
writing; written document
- Albanian: shkrim (sq)
- 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)
- Latin: scriptum (la) n
- Māori: 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
- Southern Altai: кат (kat)
- Spanish: escrito (es) m, escripto (es) m
- Swedish: handskrift (sv) c
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written characters, style of writing
- Albanian: shkronja, gërma
- 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)
- Māori: 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)
- Southern Altai: чийиш (čiyiš)
- Swedish: skrivstil (sv) c
- Telugu: లిపి (te) (lipi)
- Turkish: hat (tr)
- Ukrainian: по́черк m (póčerk)
- Urdu: لیکھن m (lekhan)
- Venetan: scritura f
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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), 劇本 / 剧本 (zh) (jùběn)
- 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)
- Latin: scriptus (la) m, scaenarium n
- Macedonian: сценарио n (scenario)
- Malayalam: തിരക്കഥ (ml) (tirakkatha)
- Māori: 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
- Latin: scènārīj (sh) m
- Slovak: scenár m
- Slovene: scenarij (sl) m
- Southern Altai: сценарий (scenariy)
- Spanish: libreto (es) m, guion (es) m, script (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)
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(computing) procedure or program (psychology) sequence of actions a system of writing
- Arabic: خَطّ (ar) (ḵaṭṭ), حَرْف (ar) (ḥarf)
- Armenian: գիր (hy) (gir)
- Assamese: আখৰ (akhor), লিপি (lipi), হৰফ (horoph)
- Azerbaijani: yazı (az), bitik
- Bashkir: яҙма (yaðma), әлифба (älifba)
- Belarusian: пісьме́нства n (pisʹmjénstva)
- Bulgar: بطك
- Bulgarian: пи́сменост (bg) f (písmenost)
- Buryat: бэшэг (bešeg)
- Old Buryat: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ᠌ (bičig)
- Chagatai: بیتیک (bytyk)
- Chechen: йоза (joza)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 文字 (zh) (wénzì)
- Chuvash: ҫырулӑх (śyrulăh)
- Crimean Tatar: yazı
- Czech: písmo (cs) n
- Dutch: schrift (nl) n
- Esperanto: skribsistemo
- Evenki: битег (biteg)
- Finnish: kirjoitusjärjestelmä (fi), kirjoitus (fi)
- French: écriture (fr) f
- Gagauz: yazı
- Georgian: დამწერლობა (damc̣erloba)
- German: Schrift (de) f
- Greek: γραφή (el) f (grafí)
- Hindi: लिपि (hi) f (lipi)
- Ingush: йоазув (joazuv)
- Italian: scrittura (it) f
- Japanese: 文字 (ja) (もじ, moji)
- Kalmyk: бичг (biçg)
- Written Oirat: ᡋᡅᡔᡅᡎ (bicig)
- Karachay-Balkar: джазма (cazma)
- Karakalpak: jazıwı
- Karakhanid: بِتِكٔ
- Kazakh: жазу (kk) (jazuw), бітік (bitik)
- Khmer: អក្ខរៈ (ʼakkhaʼraʼ)
- Kipchak: بتو, بتی, بتك
- Korean: 문자(文字) (ko) (munja)
- Lao: ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn)
- Luxembourgish: Schrëft
- Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (hergen)
- Mongolian: бичиг (mn) (bičig)
- Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ (bičig)
- Nanai: битьхэ (bitʹhe)
- Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g²)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷 (pytyk)
- Orok: биттихэ (bittihə)
- Pali: akkhara
- Persian: خط (fa) (xat)
- Polish: pismo (pl) n
- Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
- Russian: пи́сьменность (ru) f (písʹmennostʹ), письмо́ (ru) n (pisʹmó)
- Sanskrit: अक्षर (sa) n (akṣara)
- Southern Altai: кат (kat)
- Spanish: escritura (es) f, escriptura f
- Swedish: skrift (sv) c
- Tajik: хат (tg) (xat), дабира (dabira)
- Tatar: язу (tt) (yazu)
- Thai: อักษร (th) (àk-sɔ̌ɔn)
- Turkish: yazı (tr)
- Old Anatolian Turkish: یَازُو (yazu), بِتى (biti)
- Ottoman Turkish: یازی (yazı), یازو (yazu), بتى (biti)
- Tuvan: шрифтер (şrifter), бижик (bijik)
- Ukrainian: писе́мність f (pysémnistʹ)
- Urdu: لپی f (lipi)
- Uzbek: yozuv (uz)
- Venetan: scritura f
- Vietnamese: văn tự (vi), chữ (vi)
- Western Yugur: pəhtəɣ, pəhtəkki
- Yakut: бичигэ (bičige), бичик (bičik)
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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)
- Coordinate term: scenario
- (computing) script (sequential list of commands)
Derived terms
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English script.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈskript] (phonetic respelling: szkript)
- Hyphenation: script
Noun
script (plural scriptek)
- (computing) script
Declension
Irish
Noun
script f (genitive singular scripte, nominative plural scripteanna)
- script
Declension
Mutation
Mutated forms of script
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eclipsis
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “script”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 990; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “script”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English scripts, 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 Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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 (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.
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)
Related terms
Further reading
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
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɾibt/ [esˈkɾiβ̞t̪], /esˈkɾip/ [esˈkɾip]
- IPA(key): /ˈskɾibt/ [ˈskɾiβ̞t̪], /ˈskɾip/ [ˈskɾip]
- Syllabification: script
Noun
script m or f by sense (plural scripts)
- (cinematography) script supervisor
- Synonym: script-girl f (Spain)
Noun
script m (plural scripts)
- script (“document containing dialogue and action”)
Further reading
- “script”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “script”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
- “script”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
- «guion», «libreto» o «argumento» mejor que «script» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE
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