écriture

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French escriture, inherited from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). Compare Middle French scripture, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.kʁi.tyʁ/
  • audio (l'écriture)(file)
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Noun

écriture f (plural écritures)

  1. writing
  2. scripture
  3. handwriting
    Il a une mauvaise écriture. ― He has bad handwriting.
  4. (accounting) accounts entry, entry in the books
    passer une écriture comptable ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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