inscription

English

Inscription above the north entrance of the Grand Palais from Paris (sense 2)

Etymology

From Latin īnscrīptiō.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧scrip‧tion

Noun

inscription (countable and uncountable, plural inscriptions)

1. The act of inscribing.
2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
3. The text on a coin.

   Synonym: legend

   The coin bears an inscription in Latin.

4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Translations

carved text

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: نَقْش‎ (ar) (naqš)
• Armenian: մակագրություն (hy) (makagrutʿyun), արձանագրություն (hy) (arjanagrutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: на́дпис (bg) m (nádpis)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: inscripció (ca) 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)

  Ancient: ἐπιγραφή f (epigraphḗ)

• Hebrew: כְּתֹבֶת‎ (he) f (któvet)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: felirat (hu)
• Italian: inscrizione f, motto (it) m
• Japanese: 碑文 (ja) (ひぶん, hibun)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: 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
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kitâbe, yazıt (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

text on a coin

• Arabic: نَقْش‎ (ar) m (naqš)
• Dutch: inscriptie (nl) f
• Finnish: teksti (fi), kirjoitus (fi)
• French: légende (fr) f
• German: Aufschrift (de) f, Münzaufschrift f
• Greek: επιγραφή (el) f (epigrafí)

• Norwegian: inskripsjon m
• Plautdietsch: Enschreft f
• Portuguese: legenda (pt) f
• Russian: на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
• Turkish: yazı (tr)

dedication in a book

• Bulgarian: посвещение n (posveštenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 題詞 (zh), 题词 (zh) (tící)

• Czech: věnování n
• Dutch: ex libris (nl) 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)

See also

• epigraph

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French

Etymology

From Latin inscrīptiō, inscrīptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

inscription f (plural inscriptions)

1. registration, enrolment
2. inscription

Derived terms

• frais d'inscription

Related terms

• inscrire

Further reading

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