scenario

See also: scénario and scenário

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scēnabor.

Italian scena

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriumbor.

Italian -ario

Italian scenariobor.

English scenario

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnæɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /səˈneːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnæːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnɐːɹi.əʉ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o

Noun

scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)

1. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.

   • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The researchers believe there are two possible scenarios that have placed J1249+36 on its swift path.

2. (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
3. (dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Derived terms

• best-case scenario
• economic scenario generator
• happy day scenario
• worst-case scenario

Related terms

• scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Descendants

• → Cebuano: senaryo
• → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
• → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)

Translations

outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events

• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
• Catalan: escenari (ca) m
• Cebuano: senaryo
• Dutch: scenario (nl)
• Finnish: skenaario (fi)
• German: Szenario (de) n
• Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
• Indonesian: skenario (id)
• Irish: cás m
• Italian: scenario (it) m, panorama (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: scenario n

  Nynorsk: scenario n

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
• Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Spanish: escenario (es) m, supuesto (es) m, situación hipotética f
• Swedish: scenario (sv) n
• Thai: ฉากทัศน์ (th) (chàak-tát)
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)
• Vietnamese: trường hợp (vi), kịch bản (vi)

outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work

• Albanian: skenar (sq) m
• Arabic: سِينَارْيُو m (sināryū)
• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
• Belarusian: сцэна́рый m (scenáryj), сцэна́р m (scenár)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
• Burmese: ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (my) (jathnywan:)
• Catalan: argument (ca) m,trama (ca) f
• Cebuano: senaryo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳本 / 脚本 (zh) (jiǎoběn), 場景 / 场景 (zh) (chǎngjǐng)

• Dutch: scenario (nl) n
• Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
• French: scénario (fr) m
• Galician: escenario (gl) m
• Georgian: სცენარი (scenari)
• German: Szenario (de) n, Szenarium (de) n (theatre), ^{(please verify)} Drehbuch (de) n
• Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
• Hindi: परिदृश्य m (paridŕśya)
• Hungarian: forgatókönyv (hu)
• Indonesian: skenario (id)
• Italian: copione (it) m
• Japanese: 脚本 (ja) (きゃくほん, kyakuhon), 台本 (ja) (だいほん, daihon), シナリオ (ja) (shinario)
• Kazakh: сценарий (scenarıyy)
• Khmer: នាដកថា (km) (niədaʼkaʼthaa)
• Korean: 각본(脚本) (ko) (gakbon), 대본(臺本) (ko) (daebon), 시나리오 (ko) (sinario)
• Kyrgyz: сценарий (stsenariy)
• Lao: ບົດລະຄອນ (bot la khǭn)
• Latin: scaenarium n
• Macedonian: сценарио n (scenario)
• Malay: senario (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: scenario n

  Nynorsk: scenario n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِنارْیو (senâryo)

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: argumento (pt) m
• Romanian: scenariu (ro) n
• Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сцѐна̄рӣј m

  Latin: scènārīj (sh) m

• Slovak: scenár m
• Slovene: scenarij (sl) m
• Spanish: escenario (es) m
• Swedish: scenario (sv) n
• Thai: บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn)
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)
• Ukrainian: сцена́рій m (scenárij)
• Vietnamese: truyện phim (vi), kịch bản (vi)

screenplay or an outline or treatment thereof

• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) m (scenárij)
• Catalan: guió (ca) m
• Dutch: scenario (nl)
• Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
• Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
• Indonesian: skenario (id)
• Italian: sceneggiatura (it) f
• Māori: tauari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: scenario n

  Nynorsk: scenario n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِنارْیو (senâryo)

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Swedish: scenario (sv) n
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} draaiboek (nl) n
• German: ^{(please verify)} Drehbuch (de) n
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} scenario (sv) n

Anagrams

• Aciernos, acrosine

Dutch

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scēnabor.

Italian scena

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriumbor.

Italian -ario

Italian scenariobor.

Dutch scenario

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnaː.ri.oː/, /seːˈnaː.ri.oː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧rio
• Rhymes: -aːrioː

Noun

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

1. scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
2. scenario (model of events)

Derived terms

• doemscenario
• horrorscenario
• rampscenario

Descendants

• → Indonesian: skenario

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.na.ʁjo/
• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧rio

Noun

scenario m (plural scenarii)

1. alternative form of scénario

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scēnabor.

Italian scena

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriumbor.

Italian -ario

Italian scenario

From scena + -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ʃeˈna.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: sce‧nà‧rio

Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. scenario
3. backdrop

Descendants

• → Catalan: escenari
• → Dutch: scenario
  • → Indonesian: skenario
• → English: scenario
  • → Cebuano: senaryo
  • → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
  • → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)
• → French: scénario
  • → Romanian: scenariu
  • → Turkish: senaryo
• → German: Szenario, Szenarium, Szenar
  • → Belarusian: сцэна́рый (scenáryj)
  • → Russian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
    • →? Bulgarian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
  • → Ukrainian: сцена́рій (scenárij)

Anagrams

• Cesaroni, ancisero, arcoseni, arsenico, censoria, esocrina, necrosai, riescano, risecano, scarione, seracino

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scēnabor.

Italian scena

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriumbor.

Italian -ario

Italian scenariobor.

Norwegian Bokmål scenario

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

Noun

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario or scenarioer, definite plural scenarioa or scenarioene)

1. a scenario

Usage notes

The inflections scenariet, scenarier and scenariene are also used, which may be valid in Riksmål, as the Danish word scenarie, and also Danish scenario which has optional inflections similar to those in Bokmål, are inflected scenariet, scenarier, and scenarierne.

Alternative forms

• senario

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scēnabor.

Italian scena

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriumbor.

Italian -ario

Italian scenariobor.

Norwegian Nynorsk scenario

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

Noun

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario, definite plural scenarioa)

1. a scenario

Alternative forms

• senario

References

• “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

scenario m (plural scenarios)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cenário