autograph

== English == === Etymology === From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- +‎ -graph. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔtəɡɹæf/, [ˈɔɾəɡɹæf] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑtəɡɹæf/, [ˈɑɾəɡɹæf] === Noun === autograph (plural autographs) A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. (by extension, colloquial) A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting; a handwritten copy. ==== Synonyms ==== (person’s own handwriting): penmanship, handwriting, chirography (personal signature): signature, inscription (inexact) (manuscript in author’s hand): protograph, holograph, archetype, original ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== allograph homograph isograph ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === autograph (not comparable) Written in the author’s own handwriting. (art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic. 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37: Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === autograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed) (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc. (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting. ==== Translations ====