noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scriptwriter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author, person
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who writes screenplays
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: film writer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scriptwriter
Narrower terms: Lucas, George Lucas, Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo
History
Etymology
From screen + writer.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Amharic:
የፊልም ጸሐፊ
(yäfilm ṣäḥäfi)
— one who writes for the screen
Arabic:
كَاتِب اَلسِّينَارْيُو
(kātib as-sināryū)
— one who writes for the screen
Armenian:
սցենարիստ
(scʻenarist)
— one who writes for the screen
Basque:
gidoilari
— one who writes for the screen
Belarusian:
кінасцэнары́ст
(kinascenarýst)
— one who writes for the screen
Belarusian:
кінасцэнары́стка
(kinascenarýstka)
— one who writes for the screen
Belarusian:
кінадрамату́рг
(kinadramatúrh)
— one who writes for the screen
Bulgarian:
сценарист
(scenarist)
— one who writes for the screen
Catalan:
guionista
— one who writes for the screen
Chinese Mandarin:
編劇 /编剧
(biānjù)
— one who writes for the screen
Czech:
scénárista
— one who writes for the screen
Czech:
scenárista
— one who writes for the screen
Danish:
manuskriptforfatter
— one who writes for the screen
Danish:
manusforfatter
— one who writes for the screen
Danish:
filmforfatter
— one who writes for the screen
Dutch:
scenarioschrijver
— one who writes for the screen
Dutch:
scenarioschrijfster
— one who writes for the screen
Dutch:
scenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Esperanto:
scenaristo
— one who writes for the screen
Estonian:
stsenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Finnish:
käsikirjoittaja
— one who writes for the screen
Finnish:
elokuvakäsikirjoittaja
— one who writes for the screen
French:
scénariste
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Drehbuchautor
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Drehbuchautorin
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Drehbuchschreiber
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Drehbuchschreiberin
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Filmautor
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Filmautorin
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Filmszenarist
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Filmszenaristin
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Szenarist
— one who writes for the screen
German:
Szenaristin
— one who writes for the screen
Greek:
σεναριογράφος
(senariográfos)
— one who writes for the screen
Hungarian:
forgatókönyvíró
— one who writes for the screen
Italian:
sceneggiatore
— one who writes for the screen
Italian:
sceneggiatrice
— one who writes for the screen
Japanese:
脚本家
(kyakuhonka)
— one who writes for the screen
Kazakh:
сценарийші
(ssenariişı)
— one who writes for the screen
Korean:
각본가
(gakbon'ga)
— one who writes for the screen
Kyrgyz:
сценарийші
— one who writes for the screen
Norwegian Bokmål:
manusforfatter
— one who writes for the screen
Norwegian Bokmål:
filmforfatter
— one who writes for the screen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
manusforfattar
— one who writes for the screen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
filmforfattar
— one who writes for the screen
Polish:
scenarzysta
— one who writes for the screen
Polish:
scenarzystka
— one who writes for the screen
Portuguese:
roteirista
— one who writes for the screen
Romanian:
scenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Romanian:
scenaristă
— one who writes for the screen
Russian:
сценари́ст
(scenaríst)
— one who writes for the screen
Russian:
сценари́стка
(scenarístka)
— one who writes for the screen
Russian:
кинодрамату́рг
(kinodramatúrg)
— one who writes for the screen
Russian:
киносценари́ст
(kinoscenaríst)
— one who writes for the screen
Russian:
киносценари́стка
(kinoscenarístka)
— one who writes for the screen
Serbo-Croatian:
scenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Slovak:
scenárista
— one who writes for the screen
Spanish:
guionista
— one who writes for the screen
Swedish:
manusförfattare
— one who writes for the screen
Swedish:
filmförfattare
— one who writes for the screen
Tagalog:
manunulatsay
— one who writes for the screen
Turkish:
ssenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Ukrainian:
кінадрамату́рг
(kinadramatúrh)
— one who writes for the screen
Uzbek:
ssenarist
— one who writes for the screen
Vietnamese:
nhà biên kịch
— one who writes for the screen
Vietnamese:
biên kịch viên
— one who writes for the screen
Vietnamese:
người viết kịch bản
— one who writes for the screen