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masculine

/se.na.ʁjo/

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Translation

screenplay, script; scenario

Word origin

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from Latin scaena ('stage'), itself from Greek skene. English 'scene' and 'scenario' come from the same word.

Origin: Italian
Root: scenario
English cognates: scenario, scene

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralscénarios

Examples

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He is writing the screenplay for a crime film.

The script was turned down twice.

The possible scenarios are many.

She always imagines the worst case.

These two scripts are very much alike.

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This word is part of lesson 46.