escritoire

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/
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• US: /ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/
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From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: sekretář — A writing desk with a hinged door
• German: ausklappbarer Schreibsekretär — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Hebrew: מִכְתָּבָה (michtavá) — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Hungarian: szekreter — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Icelandic: skatthol — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Icelandic: skrifborð — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Italian: scrittoio — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Polish: sekretera — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Spanish: escritorio — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Spanish: escribanía — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Swedish: sekretär — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Turkish: yazı masası — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Turkish: yazıhane — A writing desk with a hinged door
• Turkish: yazak — A writing desk with a hinged door