Afrikaans scenario | ||
Albanian skenar | ||
Amharic ትዕይንት | ||
Arabic سيناريو | ||
Armenian սցենար | ||
Assamese দৃশ্যপট | ||
Aymara escenario ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani ssenari | ||
Bambara scenario (ko kɛlen) ye | ||
Basque agertokia | ||
Belarusian сцэнар | ||
Bengali দৃশ্য | ||
Bhojpuri परिदृश्य के बा | ||
Bosnian scenariju | ||
Bulgarian сценарий | ||
Catalan escenari | ||
Cebuano senaryo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 情景 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 情景 | ||
Corsican scenariu | ||
Croatian scenarij | ||
Czech scénář | ||
Danish scenarie | ||
Dhivehi މަންޒަރެވެ | ||
Dogri परिदृश्य दा | ||
Dutch scenario | ||
English scenario | ||
Esperanto scenaro | ||
Estonian stsenaarium | ||
Ewe nɔnɔme si me wowɔa nu le | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) senaryo | ||
Finnish skenaario | ||
French scénario | ||
Frisian senario | ||
Galician escenario | ||
Georgian სცენარი | ||
German szenario | ||
Greek σενάριο | ||
Guarani escenario rehegua | ||
Gujarati દૃશ્ય | ||
Haitian Creole senaryo | ||
Hausa labari | ||
Hawaiian hanana | ||
Hebrew תַרחִישׁ | ||
Hindi परिदृश्य | ||
Hmong zaj dab neeg | ||
Hungarian forgatókönyv | ||
Icelandic atburðarás | ||
Igbo ndapụta | ||
Ilocano senario ti senario | ||
Indonesian skenario | ||
Irish cás | ||
Italian scenario | ||
Japanese シナリオ | ||
Javanese skenario | ||
Kannada ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ | ||
Kazakh сценарий | ||
Khmer សេណារីយ៉ូ | ||
Kinyarwanda ibintu | ||
Konkani परिस्थिती | ||
Korean 대본 | ||
Krio sɛnɛriɔ we de apin | ||
Kurdish senaryo | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سیناریۆیەک | ||
Kyrgyz сценарий | ||
Lao ສະຖານະການ | ||
Latin sem | ||
Latvian scenārijs | ||
Lingala scénario ya likambo yango | ||
Lithuanian scenarijus | ||
Luganda scenario y’ensonga | ||
Luxembourgish szenario | ||
Macedonian сценарио | ||
Maithili परिदृश्य | ||
Malagasy tantara | ||
Malay senario | ||
Malayalam രംഗം | ||
Maltese xenarju | ||
Maori tauariari | ||
Marathi परिस्थिती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯤꯅꯥꯔꯤꯑꯣ ꯑꯃꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo scenario a ni | ||
Mongolian хувилбар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြင်ကွင်း | ||
Nepali परिदृश्य | ||
Norwegian scenario | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chochitika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରିସ୍ଥିତି | ||
Oromo senario | ||
Pashto سناریو | ||
Persian سناریو | ||
Polish scenariusz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cenário | ||
Punjabi ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ | ||
Quechua escenario nisqa | ||
Romanian scenariu | ||
Russian сценарий | ||
Samoan tala faʻatusa | ||
Sanskrit परिदृश्यम् | ||
Scots Gaelic suidheachadh | ||
Sepedi boemo ba boemo | ||
Serbian сценарију | ||
Sesotho boemo | ||
Shona mamiriro | ||
Sindhi منظرنامو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තත්වය | ||
Slovak scenár | ||
Slovenian scenarij | ||
Somali seenyo | ||
Spanish guión | ||
Sundanese skénario | ||
Swahili mazingira | ||
Swedish scenario | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) senaryo | ||
Tajik сенария | ||
Tamil காட்சி | ||
Tatar сценарий | ||
Telugu దృష్టాంతంలో | ||
Thai สถานการณ์ | ||
Tigrinya ስናርዮ | ||
Tsonga xiendlakalo | ||
Turkish senaryo | ||
Turkmen ssenariýa | ||
Twi (Akan) tebea a ɛyɛ hu | ||
Ukrainian сценарій | ||
Urdu منظر نامے | ||
Uyghur سىنارىيە | ||
Uzbek stsenariy | ||
Vietnamese kịch bản | ||
Welsh senario | ||
Xhosa imeko | ||
Yiddish סצענאַר | ||
Yoruba ohn | ||
Zulu isimo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Scenario" comes from the Italian "scenarium," meaning "a stage" or "a scene," and is related to the Latin "scaena," also meaning "a stage." |
| Albanian | The word 'skenar' derives from the Greek "σκήνη," meaning a stage or theatrical performance area. |
| Amharic | The word "ትዕይንት" can also refer to "a plan, an outline, a design, or an arrangement". |
| Arabic | The word "سيناريو" can also refer to a "screenplay" or "script" in Arabic, although it is more commonly used to refer to a "scenario" in the context of planning or storytelling. |
| Armenian | The word “սցենար” (scenario) traces back to the Greek “skēnē” (stage, scenery), which likely originates from the Proto-Indo-European “*skei-“ (to divide). |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "ssenari" also means "fate" or "destiny." |
| Basque | In Basque mythology, Agertokia was a deity representing the future, who was depicted as an old woman holding a distaff and a spindle, surrounded by the threads of fate. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сцэнар" is cognate with the Russian word "сценарий", both deriving from the Latin word "scena" meaning "stage". |
| Bengali | দৃশ্য (dṛśya) comes from the Sanskrit word 'दृश्य' (dṛśya) meaning 'visible', 'that which is perceived' or 'that which can be seen' |
| Bosnian | "Scenariju" originates from the Italian word "scenario" and in Bosnian, it can also refer to a dramatic script or a stage presentation. |
| Bulgarian | The word "сценарий" can also refer to a screenplay or a filming script. |
| Catalan | The word "escenari" (Catalan for "scenario") also refers to the physical space where a theatrical performance takes place, and is related to the English words "scene" and "scenery." |
| Cebuano | In the Cebuano language, the word "senaryo" originated from the Spanish word "escenario," which means "stage" or "setting." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 情景 is also used to describe a person's emotions, feelings, or state of mind, often in a context of interpersonal relationships or romantic encounters. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 情景 in Chinese, can also mean a situation or a context. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "scenariu" can also refer to a script or a plot summary. |
| Croatian | The word 'scenarij' can also refer to a theatrical script in Croatian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "scénář" ultimately derives from the Italian word "scenario," meaning "scenography," or the art of designing theatrical scenery. |
| Danish | In Danish, "scenarie" can also refer to a type of bread roll similar to a French baguette. |
| Dutch | Het Nederlandse woord "scenario" heeft ook de betekenis van een plan of een strategie. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "scenaro" can also mean "scene" or "setting". |
| Estonian | In Estonian "stsenaarium" can also mean "a plot" or "a script". |
| Finnish | "Skenaario" in Finnish is a loanword from the French "scénario", which itself is derived from the Italian "scenario" meaning "stage" or "scene". |
| French | In French, “scénario” also refers to the outline of a play, movie, or comic book. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "senario" specifically refers to a scenario used in theatrical plays or operas. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "სცენარი" is a loan from the Greek "σκηνή", meaning "scene", and the Latin "-arius", denoting a person or thing associated with something. |
| German | The German word "Szenario" can also refer to a set of conditions or a hypothetical situation. |
| Greek | The word "σενάριο" comes from the Greek word "σκηνή" (stage), as it originally referred to the outline of a play. |
| Gujarati | The word "દૃશ્ય" also has the alternate meaning of "sight" or "view" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the term "senaryo" has the additional meaning of "story" or "narrative." |
| Hausa | "Labari" in Hausa can refer to a "rumour" or a "story". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hanana" also means "to perform" or "to act out." |
| Hebrew | The word "תַרחִישׁ" (tarhish) is derived from the Arabic word "طرْح" (tarh), meaning "hypothesis" or "presentation". |
| Hindi | The word 'परिदृश्य' is also used to describe a landscape or scenery. |
| Hmong | The word "zaj dab neeg" literally means "play act" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | In the 18th century, "forgatókönyv" meant stage directions in the theatre. |
| Icelandic | The word "atburðarás" comes from "atburður" (event, occurrence) and "rás" (course, direction), meaning "the course of events". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ndapụta" also means "an arrangement of events or a sequence of actions." |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "skenario" also refers to a theatrical play or a script. |
| Irish | The Irish word "cás" derives from the Old Irish "cás" meaning "fate" or "outcome". |
| Italian | The Italian word "scenario" originates from the Italian word "scena", meaning "stage" or "scene", referring to its original theatrical usage. |
| Japanese | The word also means "a draft of a play or movie," "a plot," or "an outline." |
| Javanese | Skenario is also used to describe the plot or story outline of a theatrical play or movie in Javanese. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "сценарий" is derived from the French word "scénario" |
| Khmer | The word "សេណារីយ៉ូ" is derived from the Italian word "scenario," which originally meant "outline" or "plan." |
| Korean | "대본" in Korean can also mean "textbook" or "scripture". |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "senaryo" also refers to a fortune teller or medium. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "сценарий" has the alternate meaning of "script" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Sem" comes from the Greek σκηνή, skênê, "stage", and is the root for a series of theatrical terms (scenery, scene). |
| Latvian | The word “scenārijs” in Latvian derives from the French "scénario" and originally meant “the plot of a theatrical play". |
| Lithuanian | The word "scenarijus" derives from the Italian word "scenario," originally meaning "stage" or "outline" |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Szenario" can also refer to a "script" or a "play" in the context of theater. |
| Macedonian | The word "сценарио" is derived from the Italian word "scenario", which in turn comes from the Latin word "scena", meaning "stage". |
| Malagasy | Tantara comes from Arabic 'tantara' (series, order, succession) and also means 'fate'. |
| Malay | The word 'senario' in Malay can also mean 'a set of six' or 'a type of traditional Malay dance'. |
| Malayalam | "രംഗം" (scenario) also means "stage" and "scene" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word 'xenarju' is derived from the Italian word 'scenario', which originally meant 'scene' or 'stage design'. |
| Maori | The word "tauariari" in Maori can also refer to a storyboard or a plan. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'परिस्थिती' (paristithi) also refers to circumstances, surroundings or a predicament. |
| Mongolian | The word "хувилбар" (scenario) originally meant "transformation" or "change" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | परिदृश्य is a Sanskrit word that can also mean "landscape". |
| Norwegian | "Scenario" in Norwegian can also mean "a scene in a play or movie." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Chochitika is a Chichewa word originally meaning a play or performance, but now more commonly used for 'scenario'. |
| Pashto | سناریو is an Arabic word borrowed into Pashto which additionally means 'the plot of a story'. |
| Persian | The word “senaryo” could also mean “a plan for a crime” |
| Polish | "Scenariusz" derives from the Latin "scaena," meaning "stage," and denotes a sequence of events or actions in a play or film. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "cenário" can also mean "landscape" |
| Punjabi | The word "ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼" (scenario) is derived from the Sanskrit word "दृश्य" (scene), which can also refer to a vision, appearance, or sight. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "scenariu" can also refer to a film or theatre script. |
| Russian | The Russian word "сценарий" also means "script" or "screenplay". |
| Samoan | The word "tala faʻatusa" (scenario) comes from the word "tala" (story) and the suffix "-faʻatusa" (resembling), suggesting a story that resembles the potential future. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Suidheachadh" can also refer to a seat, position at table, sitting, or a siege |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "сценарију" comes from the Italian word "scenario", which originally meant a "theatrical outline" or "stage direction". |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "boemo" can also refer to a plan or strategy. |
| Shona | The word "mamiriro" also refers to a "plan" or a "draft" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "منظرنامو" ("scenario") in Sindhi also refers to a script for a drama, film, or television program. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word තත්වය (thathwaya) can also mean "situation", "state", or "condition" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "scenár" comes from Latin and can also mean "stage". |
| Slovenian | Scenarij is derived from the Greek word skenarios, which means "stage" or "scene". |
| Somali | In some dialects, "seenyo" also refers to a traditional dance performance, often accompanied by singing and storytelling. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, “guión” can also refer to: a musical score, a script, a dash or hyphen, or a film outline. |
| Sundanese | The word 'skénario' is derived from the Dutch word 'scenario', which in turn is derived from the Italian word 'scénario', meaning 'a sketch or outline of a play or other dramatic work'. In Sundanese, the word 'skénario' is also used to refer to a 'script' or 'storyboard' for a film or other visual medium. |
| Swahili | "Mazingira" also means "environment" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In the 16th and 17th centuries, the term referred to an outline or plan for a painting, tapestry or other work of visual art. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Senaryo" in Tagalog also refers to a screenplay, outline, or plot summary of a story. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "сенария" can also refer to a film script. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "காட்சி" also refers to a "sight", "view" or "scene". |
| Thai | In Thai "สถานการณ์" is synonymous with "circumstance" or "situation" and is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to a "state of affairs." |
| Turkish | The word "senaryo" in Turkish is derived from the French "scénario". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, the word "сценарій" also means "script", "plot". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "منظر نامے" originally referred to a map or plan of a building or city, but now commonly means "scenario" or "plot of a story". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "stsenariy" comes from the Russian word, which, in turn, was a loan from the French, where it meant "a plot outline" |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "kịch bản" originates from the Chinese phrase "ji4 ben3", meaning "written plan", and has since been adopted into various Southeast Asian languages. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "senario" is derived from the Latin "scena" and can also mean a type of light four-wheeled carriage. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "imeko" also refers to a "story" or "plot". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סצענאַר" can also mean "landscape" or "setting". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "ohn" also means "play", "scene", "show", or "performance". |
| Zulu | The word 'isimo' in Zulu can also refer to a custom, practice, or traditional way of doing something. |
| English | The word 'scenario' originally referred to a theatrical scene painted on a stage backdrop. |