scenario

See also: scénario, and scenário

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)

1. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
3. (dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Derived terms

• best case scenario
• economic scenario generator
• happy day scenario
• worst case scenario

 

Related terms

• scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Descendants

• → Cebuano: senaryo
• → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
• → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)

Translations

outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events

• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) 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)
• Spanish: escenario (es) m, supuesto (es) m
• Swedish: scenario (sv) n
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)
• Vietnamese: trường hợp (vi)

outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work

• Albanian: skenar (sq) m
• Arabic: سِينَارْيُو m (sināryū)
• Armenian: սցենար (hy) (scʻenar)
• Belarusian: сцэна́рый m (scenáryj), сцэна́р m (scenár)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) 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:

  Iranian Persian: سِنارْیو (fa) (senâryo)

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: argumento (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) (scʻenar)
• Bulgarian: сцена́рий (bg) 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:

  Iranian Persian: سِنارْیو (fa) (senâryo)}

• Polish: scenariusz (pl) m
• Russian: сцена́рий (ru) m (scenárij)
• Turkish: senaryo (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} draaiboek (nl) n
• German: ^{(please verify)} Drehbuch (de) n
• 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:

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• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o
• Rhymes: -aːrioː

Noun

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

1. scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
2. scenario (model of events)

Derived terms

• doemscenario
• rampscenario

Descendants

• → Indonesian: skenario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. scenario
3. backdrop

Related terms

• scena

Descendants

• → Catalan: escenari
• → Dutch: scenario
  • → Indonesian: skenario
• → English: scenario
  • → Cebuano: senaryo
  • → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
  • → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)
• → French: scénario
  • → Bulgarian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
  • → Romanian: scenariu
  • → Turkish: senaryo
• → German: Szenario, Szenarium, Szenar
  • → Belarusian: сцэна́рый (scenáryj)
  • → Russian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
  • → Ukrainian: сцена́рій (scenárij)

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)

1. 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)

1. a scenario

Alternative forms

• senario

References

• “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

scenario m (plural scenarios)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of cenário.