adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
written by hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
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