scriptorium
scrip·to·ri·um
scriptorium · scriptoria · scriptoriums
скрипторій
скрипторий
Skriptorium
A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records,…A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.
UK/skɹɪpˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/US/skɹɪpˈtɔɹ.i.əm/
Meaning
1 senses(countable)A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.
Skriptorium
скрипторийskriptorij
скрипто́рійskryptórij
a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts:
Русский
By meaning 1
room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining toLearned borrowing from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.
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Forms
plural: scriptoria / scriptoriums| Singular | scriptorium |
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| Plural | scriptoria / scriptoriums |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular