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{{also|scénario|scenário}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Scenario}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|it|scenario}} (a derivation of {{m|it|scena||scene}}), from {{der|en|la|scaena}}. See {{m|en|scene}}, {{m|en|scenary}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/|/sɪˈnæɹioʊ/|/sɪˈnɑɹioʊ/|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/səˈneːɹi.əʉ/|/səˈnæːɹi.əʉ/|/səˈnɐːɹi.əʉ/|a=AusE}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-scenario.ogg|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|+|pl2qual=rare|scenari}}

# An outline or [[model]] of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=August 23, 2012
|author=Alasdair Lamont
|title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool
|work=BBC Sport
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19279553
|page=
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|dated}} An outline of the [[plot]] of a [[dramatic]] or [[literary]] work.
# {{lb|en|dated}} A [[screenplay]] itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|best case scenario|economic scenario generator|happy day scenario|worst case scenario}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|scenaria}}, {{l|en|scenarii}} {{qualifier|hypercorrect plural forms}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ceb|senaryo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|シナリオ|tr=shinario|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|시나리오|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սցենար}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сцена́рий|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|escenari|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|senaryo}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|scenario}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|skenaario}}
* German: {{t+|de|Szenario|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σενάριο|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|skenario}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scenario|m}}, {{t+|it|panorama|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|scenario|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|scenario|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|scenariusz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cenário|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сцена́рий|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|escenario|m}}, {{t+|es|supuesto|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|scenario|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|senaryo}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trường hợp}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|skenar|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|سِينَارْيُو|m|tr=sināryū}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սցենար}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|сцэна́рый|m}}, {{t|be|сцэна́р|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сцена́рий|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဇာတ်ညွှန်း}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|argument|m}},{{t+|ca|trama|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|senaryo}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|腳本|tr=jiǎoběn}}, {{t+|cmn|場景|tr=chǎngjǐng}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|scenario|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käsikirjoitus}}, {{t+|fi|skenaario}}
* French: {{t+|fr|scénario|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|escenario|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სცენარი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Szenario|n}}, {{t+|de|Szenarium|n}} {{qualifier|theatre}}, {{t+|de|Drehbuch|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σενάριο|n}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|परिदृश्य|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|forgatókönyv}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|skenario}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|copione|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|脚本|tr=きゃくほん, kyakuhon}}, {{t+|ja|台本|tr=だいほん, daihon}}, {{t+|ja|シナリオ|tr=shinario}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сценарий}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|នាដកថា}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|각본(脚本)}}, {{t+|ko|대본(臺本)}}, {{t+|ko|시나리오}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|сценарий}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ບົດລະຄອນ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сценарио|n}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|senario}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|scenario|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|scenario|n}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|سِنارْیو|tr=senâryo}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|scenariusz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|argumento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|scenariu|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сцена́рий|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сцѐна̄рӣј|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|scènārīj|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|scenár|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|scenarij|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|escenario|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|scenario|n}}
* Thai: {{t|th|บทละคร}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|senaryo}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сцена́рій|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|truyện phim}}, {{t+|vi|kịch bản}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|screenplay or an outline or treatment thereof}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սցենար}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сцена́рий|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|guió|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|scenario}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käsikirjoitus}}, {{t+|fi|skenaario}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σενάριο|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|skenario}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sceneggiatura|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tauari}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|scenario|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|scenario|n}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|سِنارْیو|tr=senâryo}}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|scenariusz|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сцена́рий|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|senaryo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|draaiboek|n}}
* German: {{t+check|de|Drehbuch|n}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|scenario|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aceinors|Aciernos|acrosine}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nl|it|scenario}}, from {{der|nl|LL.|scaenarium}}. {{etystub|nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/səˈnaː.ri.oː/|/seːˈnaː.ri.oː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-scenario.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|sce|na|ri|o}}
* {{rhyme|nl|aːrioː}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|n|-'s|+}}

# {{l|en|scenario}} {{gloss|screenplay, plot outline}}
# {{l|en|scenario}} {{gloss|model of events}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|doemscenario}}
* {{l|nl|rampscenario}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|id|bor=1|skenario}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|LL.|scaenārium}}, from {{der|it|la|scaena}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m}}

# [[scenery]], [[set]]
# {{l|en|scenario}}
# [[backdrop]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|it|scena}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ca|escenari|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|nl|scenario|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|en|scenario|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|fr|scénario|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|de|Szenario|bor=1}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aceinors|Cesaroni|ancisero|arcoseni|arsenico|censoria|esocrina|necrosai|riescano|risecano|scarione|seracino}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wp|lang=no}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|it|scenario}}.

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-n3}}

# a {{l|en|scenario}}

====Usage notes====
The inflections ''scenariet'', ''scenarier'' and ''scenariene'' are also used, which may be valid in [[Riksmål]], as the Danish word {{m|da|scenarie}}, and also {{cog|da|scenario}} which has optional inflections similar to those in Bokmål, are inflected {{m|da|scenariet}}, {{m|da|scenarier}}, and {{m|da|scenarierne}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nb|senario}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nb}}
* {{R:NAOB}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|it|scenario}}.

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# a {{l|en|scenario}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|senario}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nn}}

==Portuguese==

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{pt-pre-reform|cenário|br=1|pt=1}}