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A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
劇情轉彎 /剧情转弯
(jùqíng zhuǎnwān)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Dutch:
plotwending
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Dutch:
plottwist
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Dutch:
verwikkeling
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Dutch:
intrige
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Estonian:
sisupööre
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Finnish:
juonenkäänne
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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French:
rebondissement
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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French:
coup de théâtre
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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French:
retournement de situation
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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German:
unerwartete Wendung
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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German:
überraschende Wendung der Handlung
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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German:
Plottorsion
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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German:
Plottwist
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Greek:
συστροφή πλοκών
(systrofí plokón)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Italian:
colpo di scena
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Japanese:
プロットの再方向付け
(purotto no sai-hōkōzuke)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Japanese:
プロットの捻れ
(purotto no nejire)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Korean:
작의 강선전도
(jagui gangseonjeondo)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Polish:
zwrot akcji
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Portuguese:
reviravolta
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Portuguese:
plot twist
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Russian:
поворо́т сюже́та
(povorót sjužéta)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Spanish:
cambio de dirección del diagrama
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Spanish:
giro
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Ukrainian:
поворо́т сюже́ту
(povorót sjužétu)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
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Ukrainian:
сюже́тний поворо́т
(sjužétnyj povorót)
— change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot