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English

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Etymology

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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 escrit bor.
Middle English scrit
English script

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

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    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, 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.
    5. (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
    6. (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] , 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.
    7. (computing ) A brief and simple program.
      I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
    8. (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
    9. (psychology ) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation .
    10. (linguistics ) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
      Synonyms: language script , writing system
    11. (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.

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    Translations

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    writing; written document
    written characters, style of writing
    type made in imitation of handwriting
    (law) an original instrument or document
    text of the dialogue and action for a drama
    (computing) procedure or program
    (psychology) sequence of actions
    a system of writing

    Verb

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    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.

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    to make or write a script

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English script .

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      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)

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      French

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from English script . Doublet of écrit .

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        script m (plural scripts )

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

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        Hungarian

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        Alternative forms

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        Unadapted borrowing from English script .

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

        Noun

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        script (plural scriptek )

        1. (computing ) script

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        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

        Norwegian Bokmål

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        Etymology

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

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          Noun

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          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

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          References

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          • "script" in The Bokmål Dictionary.
          • "script" in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

          Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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            Noun

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            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

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

            Portuguese

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            Etymology

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            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 escrit bor.
            Middle English scrit
            English script ubor.
            Portuguese script

              Unadapted borrowing from English script . Doublet of escrito .

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              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)
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              Romanian

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              Etymology

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              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 .

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              script n (plural scripturi )

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

              Declension

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

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              Pronunciation

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

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              script m or f by sense (plural scripts )

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

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              script m (plural scripts )

              1. script ("document containing dialogue and action")

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