playwright

English

Etymology

play +‎ wright (“builder, craftsman”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/
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Rhymes: -eɪɹaɪt

Noun

playwright (plural playwrights)

A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
Synonyms: dramatist, stagewright

Derived terms

teleplaywright

Translations

writer of plays for the theatre

Armenian: դրամատուրգ (hy) (dramaturg), թատերագիր (hy) (tʻateragir)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: dramaturq
Belarusian: драмату́рг m (dramatúrh)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: драмату́рг (bg) m (dramatúrg)
Catalan: dramaturg (ca) m, dramaturga (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劇作家／剧作家 (zh) (jùzuòjiā), 編劇／编剧 (zh) (biānjù)
Czech: dramatik (cs) m
Danish: dramatiker c
Dutch: toneelschrijver (nl) m
Estonian: näitekirjanik, dramaturg (et)
Finnish: näytelmäkirjailija (fi), dramaturgi (fi)
French: dramaturge (fr) m or f, auteur dramatique (fr) m
Friulian: dramaturc m
Galician: dramaturgo (gl) m, dramaturga f
Georgian: დრამატურგი (dramaṭurgi)
German: Bühnenautor (de) m, Bühnenautorin (de) f, Dramatiker (de) m, Dramatikerin (de) f, Schauspieldichter, Stückeschreiber,
Greek: θεατρικός συγγραφέας m or f (theatrikós syngraféas), δραματουργός (el) m or f (dramatourgós)
Ancient: δραματουργός m (dramatourgós)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: drámaíró (hu)
Icelandic: leikritaskáld n
Irish: drámadóir m
Italian: drammaturgo (it) m, drammaturga f, commediografo (it) m, commediografa (it) f
Japanese: 脚本家 (ja) (きゃくほんか, kyakuhonka), 劇作家 (げきさっか, gekisakka)
Korean: 극작가 (ko) (geukjakga)
Lao: ນັກແຕ່ງບົດລະຄອນ (nak tǣng bot la khǭn)
Latvian: dramaturgs m
Lithuanian: dramaturgas m
Macedonian: драматург m (dramaturg)
Maltese: drammaturgu m, drammaturga f, kittieb m, kittieba f
Manx: dramadeyr m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dramatiker m
Occitan: dramaturg m
Odia: ନାଟକୀ (or) (naṭôki)
Polish: dramaturg (pl) m, dramaturżka f, dramatopisarz (pl) m, dramatopisarka (pl) f
Portuguese: dramaturgo (pt) m
Romanian: dramaturg (ro) m, dramaturgă (ro) f
Russian: драмату́рг (ru) m (dramatúrg)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: драматург m

Roman: dramaturg (sh) m
Slovak: dramatik m
Slovene: dramatik m
Spanish: dramaturgo (es) m, dramaturga (es) f
Swedish: dramatiker (sv) c
Tagalog: dalubdula, mandudula
Thai: นักแต่งบทละคร (nák-dtɛ̀ɛng-bòt-lá-kɔɔn)
Ukrainian: драмату́рг m (dramatúrh)
Uzbek: dramaturg (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà soạn kịch
Volapük: (♂♀) dramatavan (vo), (♂) hidramatavan, (♀) jidramatavan
Welsh: dramodydd m, dramodwr m
Yiddish: דראַמאַטורג m (dramaturg)

playwright

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