screenplay

English

Etymology

screen +‎ play

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/

Noun

screenplay (plural screenplays)

1. (cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show.
   • 1998, Hairshirt (aka Too Smooth, movie)

     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.

Related terms

• screenwriter

Hyponyms

• teleplay

Translations

script for a movie or a television show

• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʿenar)
• Catalan: guió (ca) m
• Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi)
• German: Drehbuch (de) n
• Hungarian: forgatóköny
• Italian: sceneggiatura (it) f

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: roteiro (pt) m, argumento (pt) m
• Romanian: scenariu (ro) n
• Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Spanish: guion (es), script

Further reading

• screenplay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia