escritoire
escritoire · escritoires
ausklappbarer Schreibsekretär
A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surfaceA writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
UK/ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/US/ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesA writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
ausklappbarer Schreibsekretär
a desk used for writing
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
A writing desk with a hinged door:
Origin
From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire,From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.
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Forms
plural: escritoires| Singular | escritoire |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a desk used for writing:secretarywriting tablesecretaire
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedescritorial