scribe
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or…Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
» My tongue is a pen of a scribe.
Algentem · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesSomeone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
Schreiber, Kopist
пи́сарьpísarʹ, писе́цpiséc
пи́сарpýsar, пи́саркаpýsarka
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.
(informal)A journalist.
A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
Reißnadel
черти́лкаčertílka
(archaic)A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Schriftgelehrter
дьякdʹjak, писе́цpiséc, секрета́рьsekretárʹ
секрета́рsekretár
- informal terms for journalists
- French playwright (1791-1861)
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Examples
5 sentencesMy tongue is a pen of a scribe.
The scholar compared two folios to determine which scribes had copied the text.
We owe most of our knowledge of the past to the work of scribes.
Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.
deTom verkleidete sich als Schreiber aus dem alten Ägyten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A sofer is a traditional Jewish scribe.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scFrom Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).
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Forms
plural: scribesSynonyms
8 synonyms- informal terms for journalists:scribbler
- French playwright (1791-1861):Augustin Eugene Scribe
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut:scriberscratch awl
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts:copyistscrivener