script

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin scrīptum
Old French escritbor.
Middle English scrit
English script

    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)

    1. (countable) A writing; a written document.
      Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
    2. Written characters; style of writing.
      Hyponyms: subscript, superscript
      • 1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London:
        But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?
    3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
      Synonym: cursive
    4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
    6. (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
    7. (by extension) A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
      • 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 April 2026:
        I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.
    8. (computing) A brief and simple program.
      I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
    9. (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
    10. (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
    11. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
      Synonyms: language script, writing system
    12. (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
      • 1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 20:
        He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script.
      • 2014, “Don't Play”, performed by Travis Scott ft. Big Sean and The 1975:
        Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off
      • 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

    Translations

    text of the dialogue and action for a drama

    Verb

    script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)

    1. (transitive) To make or write a script.
    2. (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

    Translations

    References

    Anagrams

    Dutch

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English script.

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n or (Netherlands, informal) scrippie n)

      1. (art) script (written text of a dramatic performance)
        Coordinate term: scenario
      2. (computing) script (sequential list of commands)

      Derived terms

      French

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        script m (plural scripts)

        1. script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)

        Further reading

        Hungarian

        Alternative forms

        • szkript

        Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from English script.

        Pronunciation

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

        Noun

        script (plural scriptek)

        1. (computing) script

        Declension

        Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
        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
        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

        Irish

        Noun

        script f (genitive singular scripte, nominative plural scripteanna)

        1. script

        Declension

        Declension of script (second declension)
        bare forms
        singular plural
        nominative script scripteanna
        vocative a script a scripteanna
        genitive scripte scripteanna
        dative script scripteanna
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an script na scripteanna
        genitive na scripte na scripteanna
        dative leis an script
        don script         		leis na scripteanna

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of script
        radical lenition eclipsis
        script not applicable not applicable

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

        • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “script”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 990; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
        • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “script”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

        Norwegian Bokmål

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /skrɪpt/

          Noun

          script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta or scriptene)

          1. (computing) a script (list of commands)
          2. (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)

          script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scripter, definite plural scriptene)

          1. (cinematography) a script supervisor

          Derived terms

          References

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

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

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /skrɪpt/

            Noun

            script n (definite singular scriptet, indefinite plural script, definite plural scripta)

            1. (computing) a script (list of commands)
            2. (colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)

            script m (definite singular scripten, indefinite plural scriptar, definite plural scriptane)

            1. (cinematography) a script supervisor

            Derived terms

            References

            • “script” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
            • “script”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

            Portuguese

            Etymology

            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
            Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
            Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
            Proto-Italic *skreiβō
            Latin scrībō
            Latin scrīptum
            Old French escritbor.
            Middle English scrit
            English scriptubor.
            Portuguese script

              Unadapted borrowing from English script. Doublet of escrito.

              Pronunciation

               
              • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈkɾipt͡ʃ/, /isˈkɾi.pi.t͡ʃi/

              Noun

              script m (plural scripts)

              1. (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)
                Synonym: roteiro
              2. (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)

              Further reading

              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)

              1. script (of a film, play, show, etc.)
                Synonym: scenariu

              Declension

              singular plural
              indefinite definite indefinite definite
              nominative-accusative script scriptul scripturi scripturile
              genitive-dative script scriptului scripturi scripturilor
              vocative scriptule scripturilor

              Spanish

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /esˈkɾibt/ [esˈkɾiβ̞t̪], /esˈkɾip/ [esˈkɾip]
                • Rhymes: -ibt, -ip
              • IPA(key): /ˈskɾibt/ [ˈskɾiβ̞t̪], /ˈskɾip/ [ˈskɾip]
                • Rhymes: -ibt, -ip
              • Syllabification: script

              Noun

              script m or f by sense (plural scripts)

              1. (cinematography) script supervisor
                Synonym: script-girl f (Spain)

              Noun

              script m (plural scripts)

              1. script (“document containing dialogue and action”)

              Further reading

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