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Etymology 1
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From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.
writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)
- (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 115:Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.
- (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
- (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
- (countable) A work of an author.
- (countable) The style of writing of a person.
I can't read your writing.
- (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
- a writing table
Synonyms
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- (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
- (something written): document, manuscript, text
- (work of an author): work
- (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
- (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system
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Translations
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written letters or symbols
- Afrikaans: skryfwerk
- Albanian: shkrim (sq) m
- Amharic: መጻፍ (mäṣaf)
- Arabic: كِتَابَة f (kitāba)
- Egyptian Arabic: كتابة f (ketāba)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: כתבא m (ktābā, ktobo)
- Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ m (ktābā, ktobo)
- Armenian: գիր (hy) (gir), գրելը (grelə), գրություն (hy) (grutʻyun)
- Aromanian: scriari f, scriiturã f
- Azerbaijani: yazı (az)
- Bashkir: яҙма (yaźma)
- Basque: idazketa
- Belarusian: пісьмо́ n (pisʹmó), пі́сьменнасць f (písʹmjennascʹ)
- Bengali: লিখন (bn) (likhon)
- Breton: skritur f
- Bulgarian: писане n (pisane)
- Burmese: အရေးအသား (my) (a.re:a.sa:)
- Catalan: escriptura (ca) f
- Central Sierra Miwok: sykýˀ-ja-
- Chechen: йаздар (jazdar)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 文字 (zh) (wénzì)
- Czech: písmo (cs) n
- Danish: skrift (da) c
- Dutch: schrift (nl) n, schrijfsel (nl) n, geschrift (nl) n
- Egyptian: (zẖꜣ)
- Esperanto: skribo
- Estonian: kiri (et)
- Finnish: kirjoitus (fi)
- French: écriture (fr) f
- Friulian: scriture f
- Galician: escrita f
- Georgian: წერა (ka) (c̣era)
- German: Schrift (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 n (mēl)
- Greek: γραφή (el) f (grafí)
- Ancient: γραφή f (graphḗ)
- Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה (he) f (ktivá)
- Hindi: लेखन (hi) (lekhan), किताब (hi) f (kitāb), लिखाई (hi) f (likhāī)
- Hungarian: írás (hu)
- Icelandic: skrift (is) f
- Ido: skribado (io)
- Indonesian: tulisan (id), penulisan (id)
- Irish: scríbhneoireacht f
- Italian: scrittura (it) f
- Japanese: 筆記 (ja) (ひっき, hikki), 文字 (ja) (もんじ, monji, もじ, moji)
- Kannada: ಬರವಣಿಗೆ (kn) (baravaṇige)
- Kapampangan: pamagsulat, pamanyulat
- Kazakh: жазу (kk) (jazu)
- Khmer: ការ សរសេរ (kaa sɑsee)
- Korean: 쓰기 (sseugi), 문자 (ko) (munja)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نوسین (nusîn)
- Kyrgyz: жазуу (ky) (jazuu)
- Lao: ການຂຽນ (kān khīan)
- Latin: scriptum (la) n, codex, caudex
- Latvian: rakstīšana (lv) f
- Lithuanian: rašymas (lt) m
- Luxembourgish: Schrëft f
- Macedonian: пишување n (pišuvanje)
- Malay: tulisan (ms), penulisan (ms)
- Malayalam: എഴുത്ത് (ml) (eḻuttŭ)
- Maltese: kitba f
- Marathi: लेखन (lekhan)
- Mongolian: бичиг (mn) (bičig)
- Norman: êcrituthe f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skrift (no) f
- Nynorsk: skrift (nn) f
- Persian: نوشته (fa) (nevešte)
- Plautdietsch: Schreft f
- Polish: pismo (pl) n
- Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਲਿਖਾਈ (likhāī)
- Quechua: qillqa (qu)
- Romanian: scriere (ro) f
- Russian: пи́сьменность (ru) f (písʹmennostʹ), письмо́ (ru) n (pisʹmó)
- Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: писање n
- Roman: pisanje (sh) n
- Slovak: písmo n, písanie f
- Slovene: pisava (sl) f
- Spanish: escritura (es) f
- Swahili: andiko (sw) class ma
- Swedish: skrivkonst (sv) c, skrift (sv) c
- Tamil: எழுத்து (ta) (eḻuttu), எழுதுதல் (ta) (eḻututal)
- Telugu: రాత (te) (rāta)
- Thai: การเขียน (th) (gaan-kǐian)
- Tuoba: 地何 (*dɪʁa)
- Turkish: yazı (tr)
- Ukrainian: писе́мність f (pysémnistʹ)
- Urdu: لیکھن (lekhan)
- Uyghur: يېزىق (yëziq)
- Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: chữ viết (vi)
- Welsh: ysgrifen (cy) f
- Yiddish: שריפֿט f (shrift)
- Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib
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something written
- Acehnese: teunuléh
- Arabic: كِتَابَة f (kitāba)
- Egyptian Arabic: كتابة f (ketāba)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: כתבא m (ktābā, ktobo)
- Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ m (ktābā, ktobo)
- Armenian: գրություն (hy) (grutʻyun)
- Aromanian: scriari f, scriiturã f
- Bashkir: яҙма (yaźma)
- Bulgarian: писание (bg) n (pisanie), надпис (bg) m (nadpis)
- Czech: spis (cs) m
- Dutch: schrijfsel (nl) n, geschrift (nl) n
- Esperanto: skribaĵo
- Estonian: kirjutis
- Finnish: kirjoitus (fi)
- French: écrit (fr) m
- Friulian: scriture f
- German: Schrift (de) f, Schriftstück (de) n
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 f (bōka)
- Greek: γραπτό (el) f (graptó), έγγραφο (el) n (éngrafo)
- Ancient: γραφή f (graphḗ), δέλτος f (déltos)
- Hebrew: כְּתוּבִים (he) m pl (ktuvím)
- Hindi: किताब (hi) f (kitāb)
- Hungarian: írás (hu)
- Indonesian: tulisan (id)
- Latin: scriptum (la) n
- Malay: tulisan (ms)
- Marathi: लेखन n (lekhan)
- Norman: êcrithie f (Jersey)
- Plautdietsch: Schreft f
- Polish: napis (pl) m
- Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
- Romanian: scriere (ro) f, scriitură (ro) f
- Russian: писа́ние (ru) n (pisánije), за́пись (ru) f (zápisʹ), на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
- Slovene: zapis m
- Spanish: escrito (es) m, escritura (es) f
- Swahili: maandiko (sw) class ma
- Turkish: yazı (tr)
- Welsh: ysgrif (cy)
- Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib
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process of representing a language
work of an author
- Bashkir: әҫәр (əśər)
- Bulgarian: произведе́ние (bg) n (proizvedénie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 寫作／写作 (zh) (xiězuò), 著作 (zh) (zhùzuò)
- Czech: spis (cs) m
- Dutch: schrijfsel (nl) n, werk (nl) n, oeuvre (nl) n
- Estonian: kirjutis, kirjatöö, teos
- Finnish: kirjoitus (fi), teos (fi)
- French: œuvre (fr) f
- German: Schrift (de) f, Arbeit (de) f, Werk (de) n
- Greek: έργο (el) n (érgo)
- Hindi: रचना (hi) f (racnā)
- Japanese: 著作 (ja) (ちょさく, chosaku)
- Korean: 저작(著作) (ko) (jeojak)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نوسین (nusîn)
- Portuguese: obra (pt) f
- Russian: (литерату́рное) произведе́ние (ru) n (proizvedénije)
- Spanish: escrito (es) m, escritura (es) f
- Swahili: maandiko (sw) class ma
- Telugu: రచన (te) (racana) (usually plural), రచనలు (racanalu)
- Turkish: yazı (tr)
- Ukrainian: твір (uk) m (tvir)
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made for or used in writing
Etymology 2
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From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.
writing
- present participle and gerund of write
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- What are you doing? ― Um, I’m writing. ― You are writing! You are writing a lot!
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