screenplay
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screenplay
- /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From screen + play.
noun screenplays · screen play
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A script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
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.
Similar: scenario
verb screenplays · screenplaying · screenplayed · screen play
- To write a screenplay for. Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: screenwriter, movie, script, scenario, synopsis, plot, storyline, story, pattern, scripting, photography, photograph, case, film, vignette, unproduced
Translations
Every language
noun script for a movie or a television show
| Español | guion, script |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 각본 gakbon, 시나리오 sinario, 대본 daebon |
| 日本語 | 脚本 kyakuhon, スクリーンプレー sukurīnpurē, シナリオ shinario, 台本 daihon |
| 中文 | 電影劇本 /电影剧本 diànyǐng jùběn, 劇本 /剧本 jùběn, 腳本 /脚本 jiǎoběn |
| हिन्दी | पटकथा paṭakthā, परिदृश्य paridŕśya |
| Português | roteiro, argumento |
| Français | scénario |
| Deutsch | Drehbuch |
| Italiano | sceneggiatura |
| Ελληνικά | σενάριο senário |
| Română | scenariu |
| Русский | сцена́рий scenárij |
| Tiếng Việt | kịch bản |
| العربية | سِينَارْيُو sināryū |
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