scenario

See also: scénario and scenário

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnæɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈneːɹi.əʉ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

scenario (plural scenarios)

An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.
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.

Derived terms

worst case scenario

Related terms

scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Translations

outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work

Albanian: skenar (sq) m
Arabic: سِينَارْيُو‎ m (sināryū)
Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʿenar)
Belarusian: сцэна́рый m (scenáryj), сцэна́р m (scenár)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий m (scenárij)
Burmese: ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (my) (jathnywan:)
Catalan: argument (ca) m,trama (ca) f
Cebuano: senaryo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腳本／脚本 (zh) (jiǎoběn), 場景／场景 (zh) (chǎngjǐng)
Dutch: scenario (nl) n
Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
French: scénario (fr) m
Galician: escenario (gl) m
Georgian: სცენარი (scenari)
German: Szenario (de) n, Szenarium (de) n (theatre), Drehbuch (de) n
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Hindi: परिदृश्य m (paridŕśya)
Hungarian: forgatókönyv (hu)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: copione (it) m
Japanese: 脚本 (ja) (きゃくほん, kyakuhon), 台本 (ja) (だいほん, daihon), シナリオ (ja) (shinario)
Kazakh: сценарий (ssenarii)
Khmer: នាដកថា (km) (niədaʼkaʼthaa)
Korean: 각본(脚本) (ko) (gakbon), 대본(臺本) (ko) (daebon), 시나리오 (ko) (sinario)
Kyrgyz: сценарий (stsenariy)
Lao: ບົດລະຄອນ (bot la khǭn)
Macedonian: сценарио n (scenario)
Malay: senario (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n
Nynorsk: scenario n
Persian: سناریو‎ (fa) (senâriyo)
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
Romanian: scenariu (ro) n
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сцѐна̄рӣј m
Roman: scènārīj (sh) m
Slovak: scenár m
Slovene: scenarij (sl) m
Spanish: escenario (es) m
Swedish: scenario (sv) n
Thai: บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn)
Turkish: senaryo (tr)
Ukrainian: сцена́рій m (scenárij)
Vietnamese: truyện phim (vi), kịch bản (vi)

screenplay or an outline or treatment thereof

Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʿenar)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий m (scenárij)
Catalan: guió (ca) m
Dutch: scenario (nl)
Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi), skenaario (fi)
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: sceneggiatura (it) f
Maori: tauari
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n
Nynorsk: scenario n
Persian: سناریو‎ (fa) (senâriyo)
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Turkish: senaryo (tr)

outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events

Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʿenar)
Bulgarian: сцена́рий m (scenárij)
Catalan: escenari (ca) m
Cebuano: senaryo
Dutch: scenario (nl)
Finnish: skenaario (fi)
German: Szenario (de) n
Greek: σενάριο (el) n (senário)
Indonesian: skenario (id)
Italian: scenario (it) m, panorama (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: scenario n
Nynorsk: scenario n
Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
Swedish: scenario (sv) n
Turkish: senaryo (tr)
Vietnamese: trường hợp (vi)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} draaiboek (nl) n
German: ^{(please verify)} Drehbuch (de) n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} escenario (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} scenario (sv) n

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^(key): /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

rampscenario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenarium, from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)

scenery, set
backdrop

Related terms

scena

Descendants

→ Catalan: escenari
→ English: scenario

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.