French word

script

Pronunciation

IPA/skʁipt/

Meaning

  • masculine nounscript

Example

Le réalisateur a réécrit le script.

The director rewrote the script.

Illustration for script (script)

More examples

Ils ont lu le script avant le tournage.

They read the script before filming.

Core concept

A working blueprint that turns a story into ordered scenes, spoken lines, and filming cues.

Common phrases

  • réécrire le script

    rewrite the script

  • lire le script

    read the script

  • un script original

    an original script

Similar words

texte: A general term for written words or expressed content.
dialogue: Written exchanges or lines spoken by characters in a work.
scénario: A detailed screenplay outlining scenes and plot for a visual production.

Definition in French

Texte servant de base à une représentation ou à un tournage, détaillant les scènes, les dialogues et parfois des indications de mise en scène.

Word origin

French script was borrowed from English script, which ultimately comes from Latin scriptum, 'something written', the neuter past participle of scribere, 'to write'.

Usage tips

  • French script is masculine, so the usual form is un script and the adjective agrees in the masculine.

Opposites

  • improvisationimprovisationnoun

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