script

English

Etymology

Old English scrit, Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɹɪpt/
• Rhymes: -ɪpt

Noun

Wikipedia

Wikipedia script (plural scripts)

1. (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
2. Written characters; style of writing.
3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
5. (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.
6. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
7. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
8. An abbreviation for a prescription.

Synonyms

• (Writing): manuscript, handwriting, cursive, hand
• (Typography): cursive type, typeface, face, or font
• (Computing): macro, shell script, batch file
• (Linguistics): writing system, language script

Hyponyms

• (text for drama): screenplay
• (text for drama): teleplay

Related terms

• postscript
• retroscripting
• subscript
• superscript
• scriptorium
• scriptwriter

Translations

writing; written document

• Arabic: كتابة (ar) (kitaaba) f
• Bulgarian: писмо (bg) (pismo)
• Dutch: geschrift (nl) n
• Estonian: käsikiri (et)
• Finnish: kirjoitus (fi)
• French: écrit (fr) m
• German: Skript (de) n, Skriptum (de) n
• Greek: γραφή (el) (grafí) f, χειρόγραφο (el) (cheirógrafo) n, γραπτό (el) (graptó) n

• Japanese: 文書 (ja) (ぶんしょ, bunsho), 文章 (ja) (ぶんしょう, bunshō)
• Polish: pismo (pl) n
• Russian: скрипт (ru) (skript) m, письмо (ru) (pis'mó) n
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn (gd) f
• Spanish: escrito (es) m

written characters, style of writing

• Arabic: كتابة (ar) (kitaaba) f
• Dutch: handschrift (nl) n
• Estonian: trükikiri (et)
• Finnish: käsiala (fi)
• French: écriture (fr) f
• German: Handschrift (de) f
• Greek: γραφή (el) (grafí) f
• Hindi: लिपि (hi) (lipi) f, लेखन (hi) (lekhan) m

• Japanese: 書体 (ja) (しょたい, shotai)
• Malayalam: ലിപി (lipi)
• Polish: pismo (pl) n
• Russian: почерк (ru) (póčerk) m, (font) шрифт (ru) (šrift) m
• Telugu: లిపి (te) (lipi)
• Urdu: لیکھن (ur) (lekhan) m

(law) an original instrument or document

• Finnish: alkuperäisdokumentti (fi), alkuperäinen (fi)
• Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) (protótypo) n

• Polish: pismo (pl) n
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn (gd) f

text of the dialogue and action for a drama

• Arabic: سيناريو (ar) (sinaaryu) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳本 (cmn), 脚本 (cmn) (jiǎoběn)

• Czech: scénář (cs) m
• Danish: manuskript (da) n
• Esperanto: scenaro (eo)
• Estonian: käsikiri (et)
• French: script (fr) m, scénario (fr) m

• German: Drehbuch (de) n
• Greek: σενάριο (el) (senário) n
• Japanese: 脚本 (ja) (きゃくほん, kyakuhon), 台本 (ja) (だいほん, daihon)
• Malayalam: തിരക്കഥ (thirakkathha)
• Polish: scenariusz m
• Russian: сценарий (ru) (scenárij) m
• Spanish: libreto (es) m, guion (es) m
• Swedish: manus (sv) n

procedure or program in computing

• Czech: skript (cs) m
• Finnish: koodi (fi), ohjelma (fi), ohjelmakoodi (fi)
• Greek: εντολοδέσμη (el) (entolodésmi) f, δέσμη εντολών (el) (désmi entolón) f
• Japanese: スクリプト (ja) (sukuriputo)

• Polish: skrypt (pl) m
• Russian: скрипт (ru) (skript) m, сценарий (ru) (scenárij) m
• Serbo-Croatian: skripta (sh) f
• Spanish: script (es) m, guion (es) m
• Turkish: betik (tr)

a system of writing

• Armenian: գիր (hy) (gir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文字 (cmn) (wénzì)

• Finnish: kirjoitusjärjestelmä (fi), kirjoitus (fi)
• French: écriture (fr) f
• German: Schrift (de) f
• Greek: γραφή (el) (grafí) f

• Hindi: लिपि (hi) (lipi) f
• Japanese: 文字 (ja) (もじ, moji)
• Luxembourgish: Schrëft (lb)
• Persian: خط (fa) (xat)
• Polish: pismo (pl) n
• Russian: письменность (ru) (pís'mennost') f, письмо (ru) (pis'mó) n
• Urdu: لپی (ur) (lipi) f

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

References

• script in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

1. script