scenario

See also: scénario and scenário

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Noun

scenario (plural scenarios)

1. An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
2. A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.
3. 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

• worst case scenario

Related terms

• scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Translations

outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work

• Albanian: skenar (sq) m
• Arabic: سِينَارْيُو‎ m (sināryū)
• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʿenar)
• Belarusian: сцэна́рый m (scenáryj), сцэна́р m (scenár)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий 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: cenário (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) (scʿenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий 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) (scʿenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий 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)
• Swedish: scenario (sv) n
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)
• Vietnamese: trường hợp (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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

• Aciernos, acrosine

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnaː.ri.oː/, /seːˈnaː.ri.oː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o
• Rhymes: -aːrioː

Noun

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

1. scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
2. scenario (model of events)

Derived terms

• rampscenario

Descendants

• → Indonesian: skenario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. backdrop

Related terms

• scena

Descendants

• → Catalan: escenari
• → English: scenario

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian scenario.

Noun

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

1. a scenario

Usage notes

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.

Alternative forms

• senario

References

• “scenario” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “scenario” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian scenario.

Noun

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario, definite plural scenarioa)

1. a scenario

Alternative forms

• senario

References

• “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.