scribe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
Etymology: From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).
Inflected forms:
form: scribes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scribes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scribing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: scribed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: scribed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
pos: noun
examples: [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
gloss: Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
pos: noun
examples: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
gloss: A journalist.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
pos: noun
gloss: To write.
pos: verb
gloss: To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
pos: verb
examples: There—at Ioue wexed wroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it well conceale; / And bade Dan Phœbus Scribe her Appellation ſeale.
he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard
There was the curious fascination expressed regarding the triangular relationship between the poor white, the black, and the hookworm — suggesting a desire to differentiate and segregate the poor white body from that of the black and to scribe more boldly what was often, for the poorest people of the South, a very thin line.
gloss: To record, as a scribe.
pos: verb
gloss: To write or draw with a scribe.
pos: verb
gloss: To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
pos: verb
gloss: To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
pos: verb
Synonyms: amanuensis
scrivener
tabellion
Related words: notary
ascribe
circumscribe
describe
inscribe
prescribe
proscribe
shrive
transcribe
Derived words: air scribe
etching scribe
scribal
scribely
scribacious
Translations:
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾
roman: d'iṗn'abaal
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁾𒊬
roman: ṭupšarrum
lang: Albanian
word: shkrues
lang: Arabic
word: نَاسِخ
roman: nāsiḵ
lang: Arabic
word: كَاتِب
roman: kātib
lang: Aramaic
word: סָפַר
roman: sāfar
lang: Armenian
word: գրիչ
roman: gričʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: katib
lang: Azerbaijani
word: münşi
lang: Belarusian
word: пі́сар
roman: písar
lang: Belarusian
word: пі́сарка
roman: písarka
lang: Bulgarian
word: пи́сар
roman: písar
lang: Bulgarian
word: пи́сарка
roman: písarka
lang: Catalan
word: escrivà
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ
roman: dinowelisgi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 抄寫員 /抄写员
roman: caau¹ se² jyun⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抄寫員 /抄写员
roman: chāoxiěyuán
lang: Czech
word: písař
lang: Czech
word: písařka
lang: Danish
word: skriver
lang: Dutch
word: schrijver
lang: Dutch
word: kopiist
lang: Egyptian
word: Y4-A1
roman: zẖꜣw
lang: Esperanto
word: skribisto
lang: Estonian
word: kirjutaja
lang: Finnish
word: kirjuri
lang: French
word: scribe
lang: Galician
word: escribán
lang: Galician
word: escriba
lang: Galician
word: amanuense
lang: Ge'ez
word: ጸሓፊ
roman: ṣäḥafi
lang: Georgian
word: გადამწერი
roman: gadamc̣eri
lang: German
word: Schreiber
lang: German
word: Kopist
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃
roman: bōkareis
lang: Greek
word: γραφέας
roman: graféas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γραμματεύς
roman: grammateús
lang: Hebrew
word: טַפְסָר
roman: tafsár
lang: Hebrew
word: לַבְלָר
roman: lavlár
lang: Hindi
word: मुंशी
roman: muñśī
lang: Hindi
word: कातिब
roman: kātib
lang: Hindi
word: मुहर्रिर
roman: muharrir
lang: Hungarian
word: írnok
lang: Icelandic
word: skrifari
lang: Irish
word: scríobhaí
lang: Italian
word: scrivano
lang: Italian
word: scriba
lang: Italian
word: amanuense
lang: Japanese
word: 筆記者
roman: hikkisha
lang: Japanese
word: スクライブ
roman: sukuraibu
lang: Kazakh
word: жазбагер
roman: jazbager
lang: Kazakh
word: бітікші
roman: bıtıkşı
lang: Khmer
word: ស្មៀន
roman: smiən
lang: Khmer
word: លិបិការ
roman: lipekaa
lang: Korean
word: 필경사
roman: pilgyeongsa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: katib
lang: Kyrgyz
word: катчы
roman: katcı
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бесир
roman: besir
lang: Lao
word: ອາລັກ
roman: ʼā lak
lang: Latin
word: scrība
lang: Latin
word: librāriolus
lang: Latin
word: librārius
lang: Latvian
word: rakstvedis
lang: Lithuanian
word: raštininkas
lang: Macedonian
word: пи́сар
roman: písar
lang: Macedonian
word: пи́сарка
roman: písarka
lang: Macedonian
word: дијак
roman: dijak
lang: Malay
word: katib
lang: Malay
word: jurutulis
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ
roman: bithesi
lang: Manx
word: screeudeyr
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ
roman: bičigeči
lang: Mongolian
word: бичээч
roman: bičeeč
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: tlahcuiloh
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: āmoxtlahcuiloh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skriver
lang: Old English
word: wrītere
lang: Old English
word: bōcere
lang: Pashto
word: کاتب
roman: kātib
lang: Pashto
word: منشي
roman: monši
lang: Pashto
word: ميرزا
roman: mirzā
lang: Pashto
word: ليکونکى
roman: likunkay
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُنْشی
roman: monši
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کاتِب
roman: kâteb
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دَبیر
roman: dabir
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دِبیر
roman: debir
lang: Iranian Persian
word: میرْزا
roman: mirzâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُحَرِّر
roman: moharrer
lang: Polish
word: pisarz
lang: Polish
word: pisarka
lang: Polish
word: skryba
lang: Polish
word: kopista
lang: Portuguese
word: escriba
lang: Portuguese
word: amanuense
lang: Romanian
word: scrib
lang: Romanian
word: copist
lang: Russian
word: пи́сарь
roman: písarʹ
lang: Russian
word: писе́ц
roman: piséc
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пѝса̄р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: писа̀рица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pìsār
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pisàrica
lang: Slovak
word: pisár
lang: Slovak
word: pisárka
lang: Slovene
word: pisar
lang: Slovene
word: pisarka
lang: Spanish
word: escriba
lang: Spanish
word: amanuense
lang: Spanish
word: escribano
lang: Spanish
word: escribiente
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒁾𒊬
roman: dubsar
lang: Swahili
word: mwandishi
lang: Swedish
word: skrivare
lang: Tajik
word: муншӣ
roman: munši
lang: Tajik
word: котиб
roman: kotib
lang: Tajik
word: мирзо
roman: mirzo
lang: Tajik
word: дабир
roman: dabir
lang: Tajik
word: муҳаррир
roman: muharrir
lang: Thai
word: อาลักษณ์
roman: aa-lák
lang: Tumbuka
word: mulembi
lang: Turkish
word: kâtip
lang: Turkmen
word: kätip
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎒𐎔𐎗
roman: spr
lang: Ukrainian
word: пи́сар
roman: pýsar
lang: Ukrainian
word: пи́сарка
roman: pýsarka
lang: Urdu
word: مُنْشی
roman: munśī
lang: Urdu
word: کاتِب
roman: kātib
lang: Urdu
word: مُحَرِّر
roman: muharrir
lang: Uyghur
word: كۆچۈرگۈچى
roman: köchürgüchi
lang: Uzbek
word: mirza
lang: Uzbek
word: kotib
lang: Uzbek
word: bitikchi
lang: Uzbek
word: mirzo
lang: Vietnamese
word: thư lại
lang: Yakut
word: суруксут
roman: suruksut
lang: Yiddish
word: סופֿר
roman: soyfer