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screenplay en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From screen + play.

Meanings

  1. A script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
    • I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months. 1998, Hairshirt (aka Too Smooth, movie)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
screenplays Number=Plur lexicographic
screen play alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

radioplay

Deriveds

coscreenplay

Hypernyms

script · play

Synonyms

scenario

Translations (59)

my ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (script for a movie or a television show) · fr scénario (script for a movie or a television show) · fi käsikirjoitus (script for a movie or a television show) · uk сцена́рій (script for a movie or a television show) · ja シナリオ (script for a movie or a television show) · cmn 腳本 /脚本 (script for a movie or a television show) · ko 각본 (script for a movie or a television show) · sq skenar (script for a movie or a television show) · sv scenario (script for a movie or a television show) · ka სცენარი (script for a movie or a television show) · lo ບົດລະຄອນ (script for a movie or a television show) · el σενάριο (script for a movie or a television show) · de Drehbuch (script for a movie or a television show) · nb scenario (script for a movie or a television show) · id cerita film (script for a movie or a television show) · pt roteiro (script for a movie or a television show) · cmn 劇本 /剧本 (script for a movie or a television show) · fa-ira فیلْمْنامِه (script for a movie or a television show) · nn scenario (script for a movie or a television show) · ru сцена́рий (script for a movie or a television show) · hu forgatókönyv (script for a movie or a television show) · sv manuskript (script for a movie or a television show) · nl scenario (script for a movie or a television show) · it sceneggiatura (script for a movie or a television show) · sk scenár (script for a movie or a television show) · km នាដកថា (script for a movie or a television show) · ar سِينَارْيُو (script for a movie or a television show) · be сцэна́р (script for a movie or a television show) · pl scenariusz (script for a movie or a television show) · tr senaryo (script for a movie or a television show) · sh сценарио (script for a movie or a television show) · fa-ira سِنارِیو (script for a movie or a television show) · bg сцена́рий (script for a movie or a television show) · ko 시나리오 (script for a movie or a television show) · es script (script for a movie or a television show) · da manuskript (script for a movie or a television show) · vi kịch bản (script for a movie or a television show) · cmn 電影劇本 /电影剧本 (script for a movie or a television show) · sh scenario (script for a movie or a television show) · la scaenarium (script for a movie or a television show) · th บทละคร (script for a movie or a television show) · mk сценарио (script for a movie or a television show) · ko 대본 (script for a movie or a television show) · hy սցենար (script for a movie or a television show) · hi पटकथा (script for a movie or a television show) · hi परिदृश्य (script for a movie or a television show) · es guion (script for a movie or a television show) · cs scénář (script for a movie or a television show) · id naskah film (script for a movie or a television show) · ro scenariu (script for a movie or a television show) · ca guió (script for a movie or a television show) · pt argumento (script for a movie or a television show) · ja スクリーンプレー (script for a movie or a television show) · ms lakon layar (script for a movie or a television show) · be сцэна́рый (script for a movie or a television show) · ja 脚本 (script for a movie or a television show) · ja 台本 (script for a movie or a television show) · sl scenarij (script for a movie or a television show) · bn চিত্রনাট্য (script for a movie or a television show)

screenplay en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From screen + play.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To write a screenplay for.
    • Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success. 2020, Shilpa Daithota Bhat, Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
screen play alternative lexicographic
screenplays Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
screenplaying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
screenplayed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
screenplayed Tense=Past lexicographic

Hypernyms

write · script