écriture

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French escriture, inherited from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). Compare Middle French scripture, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁi.tyʁ/

• Audio; “l'écriture”:

  (file)

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

écriture f (plural écritures)

1. writing
2. scripture
3. handwriting

   Il a une mauvaise écriture. ― He has bad handwriting.

4. (accounting) accounts entry, entry in the books

   passer une écriture comptable ― make an accounting entry

Derived terms

• écriture inclusive
• police d’écriture

Related terms

• écrire
• écrit
• scriptural

Further reading

• “écriture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.