How to pronounce script
American English pronunciation
SKRIPT
- IPA
- /ˈskɹɪpt/
- Syllables
- SKRIPT (1 syllable)
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What script means
Most people know script in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A style of handwriting with joined letters
In a sentence: Nana wrote our names on the place cards in fancy, looping script.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin scriptum, meaning something written, from scribere, to write. The play meaning grew from the same word.
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