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handwritten

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

past participle of handwrite

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

written by hand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From hand + written.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ձեռագիր (jeṙagir) — written with a pen or pencil
  • Catalan: manuscrit — written with a pen or pencil
  • Dutch: handgeschreven — written with a pen or pencil
  • Finnish: käsinkirjoitettu — written with a pen or pencil
  • Galician: manuscrito — written with a pen or pencil
  • Georgian: ხელნაწერი (xelnac̣eri) — written with a pen or pencil
  • German: handschriftlich — written with a pen or pencil
  • Greek: χειρόγραφος (cheirógrafos) — written with a pen or pencil
  • Hungarian: kézzel írott — written with a pen or pencil
  • Hungarian: kézírásos — written with a pen or pencil
  • Hungarian: kézírott — written with a pen or pencil
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠮᠡᠯ (ɣar bičimel) — written with a pen or pencil
  • Mongolian: гар бичмэл (gar bičmel) — written with a pen or pencil
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håndskreven — written with a pen or pencil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: handskriven — written with a pen or pencil
  • Polish: odręczny — written with a pen or pencil
  • Polish: rękopiśmienny — written with a pen or pencil
  • Portuguese: manuscrito — written with a pen or pencil
  • Russian: рукопи́сный (rukopísnyj) — written with a pen or pencil
  • Swedish: handskriven — written with a pen or pencil