teleplay

noun
/ˈtɛləˌpleɪ/US

Etymology

Blend of television + screenplay.

  1. inherited from plæġ
  2. inherited from pleye
  3. inherited from *plegōn
  4. inherited from *plehan
  5. inherited from plegian
  6. inherited from pleġan
  7. inherited from plaȝen
  8. inherited from pleyen
  9. compounded as screenplay — “screen + play
  10. compounded as teleplay — “television + screenplay

Definitions

  1. A script formatted like a screenplay for cinema, but written to be made into an episode…

    A script formatted like a screenplay for cinema, but written to be made into an episode of a television show.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for teleplay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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