scenario

English edit

Etymology edit

From Italian scenario (a derivation of scena (“scene”)), from Latin scaena. See scene, scenary.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnæɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈneːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnæːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnɐːɹi.əʉ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun edit

scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)

(dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
(dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.
An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Translations edit

outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work

Albanian: skenar (sq) m
Arabic: سِينَارْيُو m (sināryū)
Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
Belarusian: сцэна́рый m (scenáryj), сцэна́р m (scenár)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
Burmese: ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (my) (jathnywan:)
Catalan: argument (ca) m,trama (ca) f
Cebuano: senaryo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腳本／脚本 (zh) (jiǎoběn), 場景／场景 (zh) (chǎngjǐng)
Dutch: scenario (nl) n
Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
French: scénario (fr) m
Galician: escenario (gl) m
Georgian: სცენარი (scenari)
German: Szenario (de) n, Szenarium (de) n (theatre), Drehbuch (de) n
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Hindi: परिदृश्य m (paridŕśya)
Hungarian: forgatókönyv (hu)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: copione (it) m
Japanese: 脚本 (ja) (きゃくほん, kyakuhon), 台本 (ja) (だいほん, daihon), シナリオ (ja) (shinario)
Kazakh: сценарий (ssenarii)
Khmer: នាដកថា (km) (niədaʼkaʼthaa)
Korean: 각본(脚本) (ko) (gakbon), 대본(臺本) (ko) (daebon), 시나리오 (ko) (sinario)
Kyrgyz: сценарий (stsenariy)
Lao: ບົດລະຄອນ (bot la khǭn)
Macedonian: сценарио n (scenario)
Malay: senario (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n

Nynorsk: scenario n
Persian: سناریو (fa) (senâriyo)
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: argumento (pt) m
Romanian: scenariu (ro) n
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сцѐна̄рӣј m

Roman: scènārīj (sh) m
Slovak: scenár m
Slovene: scenarij (sl) m
Spanish: escenario (es) m
Swedish: scenario (sv) n
Thai: บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn)
Turkish: senaryo (tr)
Ukrainian: сцена́рій m (scenárij)
Vietnamese: truyện phim (vi), kịch bản (vi)

screenplay or an outline or treatment thereof

Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
Catalan: guió (ca) m
Dutch: scenario (nl)
Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: sceneggiatura (it) f
Maori: tauari
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n

Nynorsk: scenario n
Persian: سناریو (fa) (senâriyo)
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Turkish: senaryo (tr)

outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events

Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
Catalan: escenari (ca) m
Cebuano: senaryo
Dutch: scenario (nl)
Finnish: skenaario (fi)
German: Szenario (de) n
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: scenario (it) m, panorama (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n

Nynorsk: scenario n
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Spanish: escenario (es) m, supuesto (es) m
Swedish: scenario (sv) n
Turkish: senaryo (tr)
Vietnamese: trường hợp (vi)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} draaiboek (nl) n
German: ^{(please verify)} Drehbuch (de) n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} escenario (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} scenario (sv) n

Anagrams edit

Aciernos, acrosine

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenarium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /səˈnaː.ri.oː/, /seːˈnaː.ri.oː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o
Rhymes: -aːrioː

Noun edit

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
scenario (model of events)

Derived terms edit

rampscenario

Descendants edit

→ Indonesian: skenario

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): ^*/ʃeˈna.rjo/
Rhymes: -arjo
Hyphenation: sce‧nà‧rio

Noun edit

scenario m (plural scenari)

Related terms edit

scena

Descendants edit

→ Catalan: escenari
→ English: scenario

Anagrams edit

Cesaroni, ancisero, arcoseni, arsenico, censoria, esocrina, necrosai, riescano, risecano, scarione, seracino

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

scenario

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From Italian scenario.

Noun edit

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario or scenarioer, definite plural scenarioa or scenarioene)

a scenario

Usage notes edit

The inflections scenariet, scenarier and scenariene are also used, which may be valid in Riksmål, as the Danish word scenarie, and also Danish scenario which has optional inflections similar to those in Bokmål, are inflected scenariet, scenarier, and scenarierne.