# scenario
## English
### Etymology

From Italian scenario (a derivation of scena (“scene”)), from Latin scaena. See scene, scenary.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
* (US) IPA: /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnæɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/
* (General Australian) IPA: /səˈneːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnæːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnɐːɹi.əʉ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o

### Noun

scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)
* An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
** 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎: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.
* (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
* (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

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### Anagrams

* Aciernos, acrosine

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenarium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈnaː.ri.oː/, /seːˈnaː.ri.oː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o
* Rhymes: -aːrioː

### Noun

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)
* scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
* scenario (model of events)

#### Derived terms

* doemscenario
* rampscenario

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: skenario

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/ʃeˈna.rjo/
* Rhymes: -arjo
* Hyphenation: sce‧nà‧rio

### Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)
* scenery, set
* scenario
* backdrop

#### Related terms

* scena

#### Descendants

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

### Anagrams

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian scenario.

### Noun

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

From Italian scenario.

### Noun

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

#### Alternative forms

* senario

### References

* “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Noun

scenario m (plural scenarios)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cenário.