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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin īnscribere. A doublet of iscrivere, which lost the n.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /inˈskri.ve.re/
  • Rhymes: -ivere
  • Hyphenation: in‧scrì‧ve‧re

Verb edit

inscrìvere (first-person singular present inscrìvo, first-person singular past historic inscrìssi, past participle inscrìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (geometry) to inscribe (a shape) (to draw a figure inside another)
  2. (uncommon) to inscribe (a text); to engrave
    Synonym: (more common) iscrivere

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