"playwright" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/ Audio: En-us-playwright.ogg Forms: playwrights [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɹaɪt Etymology: From play + wright (“builder, craftsman”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|play|wright|t2=builder, craftsman}} play + wright (“builder, craftsman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} playwright (plural playwrights)
  1. A writer and creator of theatrical plays. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: dramatist, stagewright Derived forms: teleplaywright Related terms: screenwriter, scenarist, screenplay Translations (writer of plays for the theatre): δραματουργός (dramatourgós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), كَاتِب مَسْرَحِيّ (kātib masraḥiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), դրամատուրգ (dramaturg) (Armenian), թատերագիր (tʻateragir) (Armenian), dramaturq (Azerbaijani), драмату́рг (dramatúrh) [masculine] (Belarusian), драмату́рг (dramatúrg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dramaturg [masculine] (Catalan), dramaturga [feminine] (Catalan), 劇作家 (Chinese Mandarin), 剧作家 (jùzuòjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 編劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 编剧 (biānjù) (Chinese Mandarin), dramatik [masculine] (Czech), dramatiker [common-gender] (Danish), toneelschrijver [masculine] (Dutch), näitekirjanik (Estonian), dramaturg (Estonian), näytelmäkirjailija (Finnish), dramaturgi (Finnish), dramaturge [feminine, masculine] (French), auteur dramatique [masculine] (French), dramaturc [masculine] (Friulian), dramaturgo [masculine] (Galician), dramaturga [feminine] (Galician), დრამატურგი (dramaṭurgi) (Georgian), Bühnenautor [masculine] (German), Bühnenautorin [feminine] (German), Dramatiker [masculine] (German), Dramatikerin [feminine] (German), Schauspieldichter (German), Stückeschreiber (German), θεατρικός συγγραφέας (theatrikós syngraféas) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), δραματουργός (dramatourgós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), drámaíró (Hungarian), leikritaskáld [neuter] (Icelandic), drámadóir [masculine] (Irish), drammaturgo [masculine] (Italian), drammaturga [feminine] (Italian), commediografo [masculine] (Italian), commediografa [feminine] (Italian), 脚本家 (kyakuhonka) (alt: きゃくほんか) (Japanese), 劇作家 (gekisakka) (alt: げきさっか) (Japanese), 극작가 (geukjakga) (Korean), ນັກແຕ່ງບົດລະຄອນ (nak tǣng bot la khǭn) (Lao), dramaturgs [masculine] (Latvian), dramaturgas [masculine] (Lithuanian), драматург (dramaturg) [masculine] (Macedonian), drammaturgu [masculine] (Maltese), drammaturga [feminine] (Maltese), kittieb [masculine] (Maltese), kittieba [feminine] (Maltese), dramadeyr [masculine] (Manx), dramatiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dramaturg [masculine] (Occitan), ନାଟକୀ (nāṭaki) (Odia), dramaturg [masculine] (Polish), dramaturżka [feminine] (Polish), dramatopisarz [masculine] (Polish), dramatopisarka [feminine] (Polish), dramaturgo [masculine] (Portuguese), dramaturga [feminine] (Portuguese), dramaturg [masculine] (Romanian), dramaturgă [feminine] (Romanian), драмату́рг (dramatúrg) [masculine] (Russian), драматург [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dramaturg [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dramatik [masculine] (Slovak), dramatik [masculine] (Slovene), dramaturgo [masculine] (Spanish), dramaturga [feminine] (Spanish), dramatiker [common-gender] (Swedish), dalubdula (Tagalog), mandudula (Tagalog), นักแต่งบทละคร (nák-dtɛ̀ɛng-bòt-lá-kɔɔn) (Thai), драмату́рг (dramatúrh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dramaturg (Uzbek), nhà soạn kịch (Vietnamese), dramatavan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidramatavan [masculine] (Volapük), jidramatavan [feminine] (Volapük), dramodydd [masculine] (Welsh), dramodwr [masculine] (Welsh), דראַמאַטורג (dramaturg) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "劇作家"
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      "word": "näytelmäkirjailija"
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      "word": "დრამატურგი"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gekisakka",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "劇作家"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geukjakga",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "극작가"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nak tǣng bot la khǭn",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "ນັກແຕ່ງບົດລະຄອນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dramaturg",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драматург"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drammaturgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drammaturga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kittieb"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kittieba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramadeyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturg"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "nāṭaki",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "ନାଟକୀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturżka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatopisarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatopisarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturgă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dramatúrg",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драмату́рг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драматург"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramaturga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dramatiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "dalubdula"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "mandudula"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-dtɛ̀ɛng-bòt-lá-kɔɔn",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "นักแต่งบทละคร"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dramatúrh",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драмату́рг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "dramaturg"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "word": "nhà soạn kịch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramatavan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hidramatavan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jidramatavan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramodydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dramodwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dramaturg",
      "sense": "writer of plays for the theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דראַמאַטורג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "playwright"
}

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