playwright

playwright

English

Etymology

play +‎ wright (“builder, craftsman”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɹaɪt

Noun

playwright (plural playwrights)

1. A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

   Synonyms: dramatist, stagewright

Translations

writer of plays for the theatre

Armenian: դրամատուրգ (hy) (dramaturg), թատերագիր (hy) (tʿateragir) Azerbaijani: dramaturq Belarusian: драмату́рг m (dramatúrh) Bulgarian: драмату́рг (bg) m (dramatúrg) Catalan: dramaturg (ca) m, dramaturga (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 劇作家／剧作家 (zh) (jùzuòjiā), 編劇／编剧 (zh) (biānjù) Czech: dramatik (cs) m Danish: dramatiker c Dutch: toneelschrijver (nl) m Estonian: näitekirjanik, dramaturg (et) Finnish: näytelmäkirjailija (fi), dramaturgi (fi) French: dramaturge (fr) m or f, auteur dramatique (fr) m Galician: dramaturgo (gl) m, dramaturga f Georgian: დრამატურგი (dramaṭurgi) German: Bühnenautor m, Bühnenautorin f, Dramatiker (de) m, Dramatikerin (de) f, Schauspieldichter, Stückeschreiber, Greek: θεατρικός συγγραφέας m or f (theatrikós syngraféas), δραματουργός (el) m or f (dramatourgós) Ancient: δραματουργός m (dramatourgós) Hungarian: drámaíró (hu) Icelandic: leikritaskáld n Irish: drámadóir m Italian: drammaturgo (it) m, drammaturga f, commediografo (it) m, commediografa (it) f Japanese: 脚本家 (ja) (きゃくほんか, kyakuhonka), 劇作家 (げきさっか, gekisakka) Korean: 극작가 (ko) (geukjakga) Lao: ນັກແຕ່ງບົດລະຄອນ (nak tǣng bot la khǭn) Latvian: dramaturgs m Lithuanian: dramaturgas m Macedonian: драматург m (dramaturg) Maltese: drammaturgu m, drammaturga f, kittieb m, kittieba f Manx: dramadeyr m Norwegian: Bokmål: dramatiker m Polish: dramaturg (pl) m, dramatopisarz (pl) m Portuguese: dramaturgo (pt) m Romanian: dramaturg (ro) m, dramaturgă (ro) f Russian: драмату́рг (ru) m (dramatúrg) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: драматург m Roman: dramaturg (sh) m Slovak: dramatik m Slovene: dramatik m Spanish: dramaturgo (es) m, dramaturga (es) f Swedish: dramatiker (sv) c Tagalog: dalubdula, mandudula Thai: นักแต่งบทละคร (nák-dtɛ̀ɛng-bòt-lá-kɔɔn) Ukrainian: драмату́рг m (dramatúrh) Uzbek: dramaturg (uz) Vietnamese: nhà soạn kịch Volapük: (♂♀) dramatavan (vo), (♂) hidramatavan, (♀) jidramatavan Welsh: dramodydd m, dramodwr m Yiddish: דראַמאַטורג‎ m (dramaturg)

See also

• screenwriter
• scenarist
• screenplay