écrivain

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from Latin scrība, with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, Catalan escrivà, Italian scrivano, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scribe, a borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kʁi.vɛ̃/ === Noun === écrivain m (plural écrivains, feminine écrivaine) writer Coordinate terms: auteur, écrivaillon, écriveur ==== Related terms ==== écrire écriture scribe === Further reading === “écrivain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012