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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-screenwriter.wav [US] Forms: screenwriters [plural]
Etymology: From screen + writer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|screen|writer}} screen + writer Head templates: {{en-noun}} screenwriter (plural screenwriters)
  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. Synonyms: scriptwriter Hypernyms: writer, author, person Related terms: screenplay, storywriter Translations (one who writes for the screen): የፊልም ጸሐፊ (yäfilm ṣäḥäfi) (Amharic), كَاتِب اَلسِّينَارْيُو (kātib as-sināryū) [masculine] (Arabic), սցենարիստ (scʻenarist) (Armenian), gidoilari (Basque), кінасцэнары́ст (kinascenarýst) [masculine] (Belarusian), кінасцэнары́стка (kinascenarýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кінадрамату́рг (kinadramatúrh) [masculine] (Belarusian), сценарист (scenarist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), guionista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 編劇 /编剧 (biānjù) (Chinese Mandarin), scénárista [masculine] (Czech), scenárista [masculine] (Czech), manuskriptforfatter (Danish), manusforfatter [common-gender] (Danish), filmforfatter [common-gender] (Danish), scenarioschrijver [masculine] (Dutch), scenarioschrijfster [feminine] (Dutch), scenarist [masculine] (Dutch), scenaristo (Esperanto), stsenarist (Estonian), käsikirjoittaja (Finnish), elokuvakäsikirjoittaja (Finnish), scénariste [feminine, masculine] (French), Drehbuchautor [masculine] (German), Drehbuchautorin [feminine] (German), Drehbuchschreiber [masculine] (German), Drehbuchschreiberin [feminine] (German), Filmautor [masculine] (German), Filmautorin [feminine] (German), Filmszenarist [masculine] (German), Filmszenaristin [feminine] (German), Szenarist [masculine] (German), Szenaristin [feminine] (German), σεναριογράφος (senariográfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), forgatókönyvíró (Hungarian), sceneggiatore [masculine] (Italian), sceneggiatrice [feminine] (Italian), 脚本家 (kyakuhonka) (alt: きゃくほんか) (Japanese), сценарийші (scenarıyyši) (Kazakh), 각본가 (gakbon'ga) (alt: 腳本家/脚本家) (Korean), сценарийші (Kyrgyz), manusforfatter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), filmforfatter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), manusforfattar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), filmforfattar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), scenarzysta [masculine] (Polish), scenarzystka [feminine] (Polish), roteirista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), scenarist [masculine] (Romanian), scenaristă [feminine] (Romanian), сценари́ст (scenaríst) [masculine] (Russian), сценари́стка (scenarístka) [feminine] (Russian), кинодрамату́рг (kinodramatúrg) [masculine] (Russian), киносценари́ст (kinoscenaríst) [masculine] (Russian), киносценари́стка (kinoscenarístka) [feminine] (Russian), scenarist [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), scenárista [masculine] (Slovak), guionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), manusförfattare [common-gender] (Swedish), filmförfattare [common-gender] (Swedish), manunulatsay (Tagalog), ssenarist (Turkish), кінадрамату́рг (kinadramatúrh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ssenarist (Uzbek), nhà biên kịch (alt: 家編劇) (Vietnamese), biên kịch viên (alt: 編劇員) (Vietnamese), người viết kịch bản (alt: 𠊛筆劇本) (Vietnamese)
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "киносценари́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kinoscenarístka",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "киносценари́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scenarist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scenárista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "manusförfattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "filmförfattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "manunulatsay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "ssenarist"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kinadramatúrh",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кінадрамату́рг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "ssenarist"
    },
    {
      "alt": "家編劇",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "nhà biên kịch"
    },
    {
      "alt": "編劇員",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "biên kịch viên"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𠊛筆劇本",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "one who writes for the screen",
      "word": "người viết kịch bản"
    }
  ],
  "word": "screenwriter"
}

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