scenario

From Italian scenario (a derivation of scena (“scene”)), from Latin scaena. See scene, scenary.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnæɹioʊ/, /sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈneːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnæːɹi.əʉ/, /səˈnɐːɹi.əʉ/

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scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)

1. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.

2. (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
3. (dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

• scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

• → Cebuano: senaryo
• → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
• → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)

• Aciernos, acrosine

From Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenarium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /səˈnaː.ri.oː/, /seːˈnaː.ri.oː/

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• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o
• Rhymes: -aːrioː

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

1. scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
2. scenario (model of events)

• doemscenario
• rampscenario

• → Indonesian: skenario

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ʃeˈna.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: sce‧nà‧rio

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. scenario
3. backdrop

• scena

• → Catalan: escenari
• → Dutch: scenario
  • → Indonesian: skenario
• → English: scenario
  • → Cebuano: senaryo
  • → Japanese: シナリオ (shinario)
  • → Korean: 시나리오 (sinario)
• → French: scénario
  • → Bulgarian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
  • → Romanian: scenariu
  • → Turkish: senaryo
• → German: Szenario, Szenarium, Szenar
  • → Belarusian: сцэна́рый (scenáryj)
  • → Russian: сцена́рий (scenárij)
  • → Ukrainian: сцена́рій (scenárij)

• Cesaroni, ancisero, arcoseni, arsenico, censoria, esocrina, necrosai, riescano, risecano, scarione, seracino

From Italian scenario.

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario or scenarioer, definite plural scenarioa or scenarioene)

1. a scenario

The inflections scenariet, scenarier and scenariene are also used, which may be valid in Riksmål, as the Danish word scenarie, and also Danish scenario which has optional inflections similar to those in Bokmål, are inflected scenariet, scenarier, and scenarierne.

• senario

• “scenario” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “scenario” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Italian scenario.

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario, definite plural scenarioa)

1. a scenario

• senario

• “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

scenario m (plural scenarios)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cenário.