script

English

Etymology

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: skrĭpt
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland) IPA^(key): /skɹɪpt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /skɹəpt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /skɾipʈ/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪpt
• Hyphenation: script

Noun

script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)

1. (countable) A writing; a written document.

   Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript

2. Written characters; style of writing.

   Hyponyms: subscript, superscript

3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

   Synonym: cursive

4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
6. (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

7. (computing) A brief and simple program.

   I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.

8. (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

9. (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script; a sequence of actions in a given situation.
10. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

    Synonyms: language script, writing system

11. (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.

Derived terms

• artificial script
• beat-script
• Bengali script
• clerical script
• clerkly script
• conscript
• constructed script
• cultural script
• Cyrillic script
• flip the script
• Fraser script
• grass script
• great seal script
• here-script
• Indic script
• Indus script
• inscript
• Khitan large script
• Khitan small script
• large seal script
• Latin script
• lesser seal script
• love script
• oracle bone script
• Pollard script
• post script
• Qin script
• regular script
• retroscripting
• Roman script
• running script
• script doctor
• script editor
• scripting language
• script kiddie
• script kiddy
• script monkey
• scriptorium
• scriptwriter
• seal script
• small seal script
• spec script
• square script
• subscripting
• Sundanese script
• Tibetan script

Related terms

• scripture

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)
• 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

• Albanian: shkronja (sq) , gërma (sq)
• 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

• Esperanto: skribesko, kaligrafia tiparo
• Finnish: käsialakirjoitus
• Hungarian: írott betű (hu)

(law) an original instrument or document

• Albanian: dorëshkrim (sq)
• Bulgarian: оригина́л (bg) m (originál)
• Finnish: alkuperäisdokumentti, alkuperäinen (fi)
• German: Urschrift (de) f, Original (de) n
• Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) n (protótypo)
• Polish: pismo (pl) n
• Russian: оригина́л (ru) m (originál)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn f

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)
• 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

• Bulgarian: скрипт m (skript)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳本 / 脚本 (zh) (jiǎoběn)

• Czech: skript m
• Danish: script (da) n
• Esperanto: skripto
• Finnish: komentosarja, komentojono, skripti (fi), ohjelma (fi)
• French: script (fr) m
• Georgian: სკრიპტი (sḳriṗṭi)
• German: Skript (de) n
• Greek: εντολοδέσμη f (entolodésmi), δέσμη εντολών f (désmi entolón)
• Japanese: スクリプト (ja) (sukuriputo)
• Korean: 스크립트 (seukeuripteu)
• Maori: hōtuhi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skript n

• Polish: skrypt m
• Portuguese: script (pt) m
• Russian: скрипт (ru) m (skript), сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скри̏пта f

  Roman: skrȉpta (sh) f

• Spanish: script (es) m, guion (es) m
• Swedish: skript (sv) n
• Turkish: betik (tr)
• Vietnamese: tập lệnh (vi), kịch bản (vi), script (vi)

(psychology) sequence of actions

• Finnish: skripti (fi), (rare) toiminnan käsikirjoitus

a system of writing

• Arabic: خَطّ (ar) (ḵaṭṭ)
• Arabic: حَرْف (ar) (ḥarf)
• Armenian: գիր (hy) (gir)
• Assamese: আখৰ (akhor), লিপি (lipi), হৰফ (horoph)
• Belarusian: пісьме́нства n (pisʹmjénstva)
• Bulgarian: пи́сменост (bg) f (písmenost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文字 (zh) (wénzì)

• Dutch: schrift (nl) n
• Esperanto: skribsistemo
• Finnish: kirjoitusjärjestelmä (fi), kirjoitus (fi)
• French: écriture (fr) f
• Georgian: დამწერლობა (damc̣erloba)
• German: Schrift (de) f
• Greek: γραφή (el) f (grafí)
• Hindi: लिपि (hi) f (lipi)
• Italian: scrittura (it) f
• Japanese: 文字 (ja) (もじ, moji)
• Khmer: អក្ខរៈ (ʼɑkkhɑraʼ)
• Korean: 문자(文字) (ko) (munja)
• Lao: ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn)
• Luxembourgish: Schrëft
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (hergen)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Spanish: escritura (es) f, escriptura f
• Swedish: skrift (sv) c
• Thai: อักษร (th) (àk-sɔ̌ɔn)
• Turkish: yazı (tr)
• Ukrainian: писе́мність f (pysémnistʹ)
• Urdu: لپی f (lipi)
• Venetan: scritura f
• Vietnamese: văn tự (vi), chữ (vi)

Verb

script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)

1. (transitive) To make or write a script.
2. (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

• script out

Translations

to make or write a script

• Maori: whakahōtuhi
• Spanish: guionar (es)

References

• “script”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• crispt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪpt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: script
• Rhymes: -ɪpt

Noun

script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n or (Netherlands, informal) scrippie n)

1. (art) script (written text of a dramatic performance)

   Coordinate term: scenario

2. (computing) script (sequential list of commands)

Derived terms

• scripten
• scripttaal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʁipt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

1. script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)

Further reading

• “script”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• szkript

Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskript] (phonetic respelling: szkript)
• Hyphenation: script

Noun

script (plural scriptek)

1. (computing) script

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	script	scriptek
accusative	scriptet	scripteket
dative	scriptnek	scripteknek
instrumental	scripttel	scriptekkel
causal-final	scriptért	scriptekért
translative	scriptté	scriptekké
terminative	scriptig	scriptekig
essive-formal	scriptként	scriptekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	scriptben	scriptekben
superessive	scripten	scripteken
adessive	scriptnél	scripteknél
illative	scriptbe	scriptekbe
sublative	scriptre	scriptekre
allative	scripthez	scriptekhez
elative	scriptből	scriptekből
delative	scriptről	scriptekről
ablative	scripttől	scriptektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	scripté	scripteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	scriptéi	scriptekéi

Possessive forms of script

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	scriptem	scriptjeim
2nd person sing.	scripted	scriptjeid
3rd person sing.	scriptje	scriptjei
1st person plural	scriptünk	scriptjeink
2nd person plural	scriptetek	scriptjeitek
3rd person plural	scriptjük	scriptjeik

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• skript

Etymology

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, and ultimately Latin scriptum (“something written”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪpt/

Noun

script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta or scriptene)

1. (computing) a script (list of commands)
2. (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)

script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scripter, definite plural scriptene)

1. (cinematography) a script supervisor

Derived terms

• scripte

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skript

Etymology

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, and ultimately Latin scriptum (“something written”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪpt/

Noun

script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta)

1. (computing) a script (list of commands)
2. (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)

script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scriptar, definite plural scriptane)

1. (cinematography) a script supervisor

Derived terms

• scripte

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /isˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /isˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /iʃˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈskɾi.ptɨ/

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

1. (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)

   Synonym: roteiro

2. (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)

Related terms

• escrito

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)

1. script (of a film, play, show, etc.)

   Synonym: scenariu

Declension

Declension of script

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	script	scriptul		scripturi	scripturile
genitive-dative	script	scriptului		scripturi	scripturilor
vocative	scriptule			scripturilor

Related terms

• scriptic