script
English
Etymology
From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Pronunciation
Noun
script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)
- (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
- Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Synonym: cursive
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (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.
- Hyponyms: screenplay, teleplay
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- Synonyms: batch file, macro, shell script
- Hyponyms: coffeescript, here-script, postscript
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- Synonyms: language script, writing system
- An abbreviation for a prescription.
Hyponyms
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Translations
writing; written document
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written characters, style of writing
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type made in imitation of handwriting
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(law) an original instrument or document
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text of the dialogue and action for a drama
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procedure or program in computing
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a system of writing
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Verb
script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)
- (transitive) To make or write a script.
Translations
to make or write a script
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References
- “script”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n)
- script (written text of a dramatic performance)
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.
Pronunciation
Noun
script m (plural scripts)
- script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)
Further reading
- “script”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
script (plural scriptek)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | script | scriptek |
accusative | scriptet | scripteket |
dative | scriptnek | scripteknek |
instrumental | scripttel | scriptekkel |
causal-final | scriptért | scriptekért |
translative | scriptté | scriptekké |
terminative | scriptig | scriptekig |
essive-formal | scriptként | scriptekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | scriptben | scriptekben |
superessive | scripten | scripteken |
adessive | scriptnél | scripteknél |
illative | scriptbe | scriptekbe |
sublative | scriptre | scriptekre |
allative | scripthez | scriptekhez |
elative | scriptből | scriptekből |
delative | scriptről | scriptekről |
ablative | scripttől | scriptektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
scripté | scripteké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
scriptéi | scriptekéi |
Possessive forms of script | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | scriptem | scriptjeim |
2nd person sing. | scripted | scriptjeid |
3rd person sing. | scriptje | scriptjei |
1st person plural | scriptünk | scriptjeink |
2nd person plural | scriptetek | scriptjeitek |
3rd person plural | scriptjük | scriptjeik |
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
script m (plural s)
- (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)
- (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)
Synonyms
- (text of the dialogue and action for a drama): roteiro
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
script n (plural scripturi)
- script (of a film, play, show, etc.)
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