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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɹaɪb/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [skɹaɪ̯b] (US) IPA(key): [skɹaɪ̯b], [skɹɑɪ̯b] (Canada) IPA(key): [skɹaɪ̯b], [skɹəjb] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [skɹɑe̯b] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [skɹɑjb] Rhymes: -aɪb === Etymology 1 === From 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”). ==== Noun ==== scribe (plural scribes) 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. (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. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber. ===== Synonyms ===== amanuensis scrivener tabellion ===== Derived terms ===== air scribe etching scribe scribal scribely scribacious ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== notary === Etymology 2 === From Middle English scryben (“to write”), from Latin scrībō (“to write”). Doublet of shrive. The carpentry sense comes from the way a workman uses a compass to mark a line before cutting. ==== Verb ==== scribe (third-person singular simple present scribes, present participle scribing, simple past and past participle scribed) To write. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. To record, as a scribe. To write or draw with a scribe. (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === “scribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “scribe”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin scrība. Doublet of écrivain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skʁib/ === Noun === scribe m (plural scribes, feminine (rare) scribesse) scribe ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: scrib === Further reading === “scribe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Verb === scribe present of scriberimperative of scriber == Latin == === Verb === scrībe second-person singular present active imperative of scrībō == Occitan == === Verb === scribe (Gascony) to write