# script
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: skrĭpt
* (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland) IPA: /skɹɪpt/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /skɹəpt/
* (India) IPA: /skɾipʈ/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪpt
* Hyphenation: script

### Noun

script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)
* (countable) A writing; a written document.
    Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
* Written characters; style of writing.
    Hyponyms: subscript, superscript
* (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.
    Synonym: play
    Hyponyms: screenplay, teleplay, telescript, radioplay
* (computing) A brief and simple program.
    I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
* (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
* (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script; a sequence of actions in a given situation.
* (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
    Synonyms: language script, writing system
* (informal) Clipping of prescription. (for drugs or medicine)
** 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:She gave me a Bipolar II diagnosis and a script for epilepsy medicine that could be used off-label in cases like mine.

#### Derived terms

* artificial script
* beat-script
* Bengali script
* clerical script
* clerkly script
* conscript
* constructed script
* cultural script
* Cyrillic script
* flip the script
* Fraser script
* grass script
* great seal script
* here-script
* Indic script
* Indus script
* inscript
* Khitan large script
* Khitan small script
* large seal script
* Latin script
* lesser seal script
* love script
* oracle bone script
* Pollard script
* post script
* Qin script
* regular script
* retroscripting
* Roman script
* running script
* script doctor
* script editor
* scripting language
* script kiddie
* script kiddy
* script monkey
* scriptorium
* scriptwriter
* seal script
* small seal script
* spec script
* square script
* subscripting
* Sundanese script
* Tibetan script

#### Related terms

* scripture

#### Translations
### Verb

script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)
* (transitive) To make or write a script.
* (transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.
** 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.

#### Derived terms

* script out

#### Translations
### References

* “script”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* crispt

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skrɪpt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: script
* Rhymes: -ɪpt

### Noun

script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n or (Netherlands, informal) scrippie n)
* (art) script (written text of a dramatic performance)
    Coordinate term: scenario
* (computing) script (sequential list of commands)

#### Derived terms

* scripten
* scripttaal

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skʁipt/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* szkript

### Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈskript] (phonetic respelling: szkript)
* Hyphenation: script

### Noun

script (plural scriptek)
* (computing) script

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* skript

### Etymology

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, and ultimately Latin scriptum (“something written”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skrɪpt/

### Noun

script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta or scriptene)
* (computing) a script (list of commands)
* (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)
script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scripter, definite plural scriptene)
* (cinematography) a script supervisor

#### Derived terms

* scripte

### References

* “script” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “script” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* skript

### Etymology

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, and ultimately Latin scriptum (“something written”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skrɪpt/

### Noun

script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta)
* (computing) a script (list of commands)
* (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)
script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scriptar, definite plural scriptane)
* (cinematography) a script supervisor

#### Derived terms

* scripte

### References

* “script” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “script”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English script. Doublet of escrito.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /isˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /isˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /iʃˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈskɾi.ptɨ/

### Noun

script m (plural scripts)
* (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)
    Synonym: roteiro
* (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)

#### Related terms

* escrito

## Romanian
### Etymology

Initially inherited from Latin scriptum as the past participle of scrie, which was later replaced by scris. The current meaning is borrowed from English script.

### Noun

script n (plural scripturi)
* script (of a film, play, show, etc.)
    Synonym: scenariu

#### Related terms

* scriptic