scenario

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

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

• Audio (US):

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /səˈnæɾɪo/, /səˈnɑɾɪo/, /səˈneɾɪo/
• Hyphenation: sce‧na‧ri‧o

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.

   • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The researchers believe there are two possible scenarios that have placed J1249+36 on its swift path.

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

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

• 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
• horrorscenario
• rampscenario

• → Indonesian: skenario

From scena + -ario.^[1]

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

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. scenario
3. backdrop

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

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

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

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).

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.

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