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EtymologyEdit

From Latin inscriptionem (inscriptio).

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inscription (plural inscriptions)

Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
The text on a coin.
Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

TranslationsEdit

carved text

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: մակագրություն (makagrutʿyun), արձանագրություն (arjanagrutʿyun)
Bulgarian: надпис (bg) m (nádpis)
Catalan: inscripció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 題字 (zh), 题字 (zh) (tízì), 碑文 (zh) (bēiwén), 題詞, 题词 (zh) (tící)
Czech: nápis (cs) m
Dutch: inscriptie f
Esperanto: surskribo
Finnish: kaiverrus (fi)
French: inscription (fr) f

Georgian: წარწერა (carcera)
German: Inschrift (de) f
Greek: επιγραφή (el) f (epigrafí), χάραξη (el) f (cháraxi)
Hungarian: felirat (hu)
Italian: inscrizione f, motto (it) m
Japanese: 碑文 (ひぶん, hibun)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: inskripsjon m
Portuguese: inscrição (pt) f
Russian: надпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
Spanish: inscripción f
Turkish: kitâbe (tr), yazıt (tr)

text on a coin

Arabic: نقش (ar) m (naqš)
Dutch: inscriptie f
Finnish: teksti (fi), kirjoitus (fi)
French: légende (fr) f
German: Zahl (de) f

Greek: επιγραφή (el) f (epigrafí)
Norwegian: inskripsjon m
Portuguese: legenda (pt) f
Russian: надпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
Turkish: yazı (tr)

dedication in a book

Chinese:
Mandarin: 題詞, 题词 (zh) (tící)
Czech: věnování n
Dutch: ex libris n
Finnish: omistuskirjoitus (fi)
French: dédicace (fr) f
German: Widmung (de) f

Greek: αφιέρωση (el) f (afiérosi)
Norwegian: dedikasjon m
Portuguese: dedicatória f
Russian: надпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ), посвящение (ru) n (posvjaščénije)
Spanish: dedicatoria f
Turkish: ithaf (tr)

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin inscrīptiō.

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inscription f (plural inscriptions)

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Last modified on 6 December 2013, at 19:22