Meanings
plural screenplays · alternative screen play
- authorshipA 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)Synonyms: scenario
present singular third person screenplays · participle present screenplaying · participle past screenplayed · past screenplayed · alternative screen play
- transitiveTo 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سِينَارْيُو
- سِينَارْيُو (sināryū)script for a movie or a television show
Bengali চিত্রনাট্য
- চিত্রনাট্য (citronaṭṭo)script for a movie or a television show
Bulgarian сцена́рий
- сцена́рий (scenárij)script for a movie or a television show
Catalan guió
- guióscript for a movie or a television show
Chinese Mandarin 電影劇本 /电影剧本, 劇本 /剧本
- 電影劇本 /电影剧本 (diànyǐng jùběn)script for a movie or a television show
- 劇本 /剧本 (jùběn)script for a movie or a television show
- 腳本 /脚本 (jiǎoběn)script for a movie or a television show
Czech scénář
- scénářscript for a movie or a television show
Danish manuskript
- manuskriptscript for a movie or a television show
Dutch scenario
- scenarioscript for a movie or a television show
Finnish käsikirjoitus
- käsikirjoitusscript for a movie or a television show
French scénario
- scénarioscript for a movie or a television show
German Drehbuch
- Drehbuchscript for a movie or a television show
Greek σενάριο
- σενάριο (senário)script for a movie or a television show
Hindi पटकथा, परिदृश्य
- पटकथा (paṭakthā)script for a movie or a television show
- परिदृश्य (paridŕśya)script for a movie or a television show
Hungarian forgatókönyv
- forgatókönyvscript for a movie or a television show
Indonesian naskah film, cerita film
- naskah filmscript for a movie or a television show
- cerita filmscript for a movie or a television show
Italian sceneggiatura
- sceneggiaturascript for a movie or a television show
Japanese 脚本, スクリーンプレー
- 脚本 (kyakuhon)script for a movie or a television show
- スクリーンプレー (sukurīnpurē)script for a movie or a television show
- シナリオ (shinario)script for a movie or a television show
- 台本 (daihon)script for a movie or a television show
Korean 각본, 시나리오
- 각본 (gakbon)script for a movie or a television show
- 시나리오 (sinario)script for a movie or a television show
- 대본 (daebon)script for a movie or a television show
Latin scaenarium
- scaenariumscript for a movie or a television show
Malay lakon layar
- lakon layarscript for a movie or a television show
Norwegian Bokmål scenario
- scenarioscript for a movie or a television show
Polish scenariusz
- scenariuszscript for a movie or a television show
Portuguese roteiro, argumento
- roteiroscript for a movie or a television show
- argumentoscript for a movie or a television show
Romanian scenariu
- scenariuscript for a movie or a television show
Russian сцена́рий
- сцена́рий (scenárij)script for a movie or a television show
Slovak scenár
- scenárscript for a movie or a television show
Spanish guion, script
- guionscript for a movie or a television show
- scriptscript for a movie or a television show
Swedish manuskript, scenario
- manuskriptscript for a movie or a television show
- scenarioscript for a movie or a television show
Thai บทละคร
- บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn)script for a movie or a television show
Turkish senaryo
- senaryoscript for a movie or a television show
Ukrainian сцена́рій
- сцена́рій (scenárij)script for a movie or a television show
Vietnamese kịch bản
- kịch bảnscript for a movie or a television show
Cite this entry
screenplay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenplay
“screenplay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenplay. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screenplay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenplay.
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