playwright

English

Etymology

play +‎ wright (“builder, craftsman”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

playwright (plural playwrights)

1. A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

Synonyms

• dramatist

Translations

writer of plays for the theatre

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劇作家 (cmn), 剧作家 (cmn) (jùzuòjiā), 編劇 (cmn), 编剧 (cmn) (biānjù)

• Czech: dramatik (cs) m
• Dutch: toneelschrijver (nl) m
• Finnish: näytelmäkirjailija (fi), dramaturgi (fi)
• French: dramaturge (fr) m and f, auteur dramatique (fr) m
• German: Bühnenautor (de) m, Bühnenautorin (de) f, Dramatiker (de) m
• Hungarian: drámaíró (hu)

• Icelandic: leikritaskáld (is) n
• Italian: drammaturgo (it) m, drammaturga (it) f
• Japanese: 脚本家 (ja) (きゃくほんか, kyakuhonka)
• Maltese: drammaturgu m, drammaturga f, kittieb m, kittieba f
• Manx: dramadeyr (gv) m
• Russian: драматург (ru) (dramatúrg) m
• Spanish: dramaturgo (es) m
• Volapük: (male or female) dramatavan (vo), (male) hidramatavan (vo), (female) jidramatavan (vo)