inscription

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin inscriptionem (inscriptio).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪpʃən

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: in‧scrip‧tion

NounEdit

inscription (plural inscriptions)

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

TranslationsEdit

carved text

• Arabic: نَقْش‏‎ (ar) (naqš)
• Armenian: մակագրություն (hy) (makagrutʿyun), արձանագրություն (hy) (arjanagrutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: надпис (bg) m (nádpis)
• Catalan: inscripció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 題字 (zh), 题字 (zh) (tízì), 碑文 (zh) (bēiwén), 題詞 (zh), 题词 (zh) (tící)

• Czech: nápis (cs) m
• Dutch: inscriptie (nl) f
• Esperanto: surskribo
• Finnish: kaiverrus (fi)
• French: inscription (fr) f
• Georgian: წარწერა (c̣arc̣era)
• German: Inschrift (de) f
• Greek: επιγραφή (el) f (epigrafí), χάραξη (el) f (cháraxi)
• Hebrew: כְּתֹבֶת‏‎ (he) f (któvet)

• 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
• Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏‏‎ (bitig)
• Persian: کتیبه‏‎ (fa) (katibe)
• Portuguese: inscrição (pt) f
• Russian: на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: napis m

• Spanish: inscripción (es) f
• Swedish: inskription (sv) c
• Turkish: kitâbe (tr), yazıt (tr)

text on a coin

• Arabic: نَقْش‏‎ (ar) m (naqš)
• Dutch: inscriptie (nl) 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: на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
• Turkish: yazı (tr)

dedication in a book

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 題詞 (zh), 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: на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ), посвяще́ние (ru) n (posvjaščénije)
• Spanish: dedicatoria f
• Turkish: ithaf (tr)

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin inscrīptiō.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

inscription f (plural inscriptions)

1. registration, enrolment
2. inscription

Further readingEdit

• “inscription” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).