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"word": "սցենարիստ"
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{
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "gidoilari"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "編劇"
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"roman": "biānjù",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "manuskriptforfatter"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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{
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "käsikirjoittaja"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "elokuvakäsikirjoittaja"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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{
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "senariográfos",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "σεναριογράφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "forgatókönyvíró"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sceneggiatore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sceneggiatrice"
},
{
"alt": "きゃくほんか",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kyakuhonka",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "脚本家"
},
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "ssenariişı",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "сценарийші"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "각본가"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"word": "filmforfatter"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "scenarzysta"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "roteirista"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "scenarist"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "scenaristă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "scenaríst",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "сценари́ст"
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"roman": "scenarístka",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kinodramatúrg",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кинодрамату́рг"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scenarist"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "manusförfattare"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"word": "filmförfattare"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "manunulatsay"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "ssenarist"
},
{
"alt": "家編劇",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "nhà biên kịch"
},
{
"alt": "編劇員",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "biên kịch viên"
},
{
"alt": "𠊛筆劇本",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "người viết kịch bản"
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"word": "كَاتِب اَلسِّينَارْيُو"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "սցենարիստ"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "gidoilari"
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"code": "ca",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "編劇"
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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{
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "senariográfos",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"word": "σεναριογράφος"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "forgatókönyvíró"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "sceneggiatore"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"word": "sceneggiatrice"
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"alt": "きゃくほんか",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kyakuhonka",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"roman": "ssenariişı",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"word": "scenarzysta"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "scenaristă"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "сценари́ст"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "scenarístka",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сценари́стка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kinodramatúrg",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кинодрамату́рг"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scenarist"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "guionista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "manusförfattare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filmförfattare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "manunulatsay"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "ssenarist"
},
{
"alt": "家編劇",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "nhà biên kịch"
},
{
"alt": "編劇員",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "biên kịch viên"
},
{
"alt": "𠊛筆劇本",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who writes for the screen",
"word": "người viết kịch bản"
}
],
"word": "screenwriter"
}
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