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• /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S K R IH1 P SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin inscrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnscrīptiōbor. English inscription Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbishkrim — carved text
• Albanian: epigraf — carved text
• Arabic: نَقْش (naqš) — carved text
• Armenian: մակագրություն (makagrutʻyun) — carved text
• Armenian: արձանագրություն (arjanagrutʻyun) — carved text
• Azerbaijani: kitabə — carved text
• Bulgarian: на́дпис (nádpis) — carved text
• Catalan: inscripció — carved text
• Chinese Mandarin: 題字 /题字 (tízì) — carved text
• Chinese Mandarin: 碑文 (bēiwén) — carved text
• Chinese Mandarin: 題詞 /题词 (tící) — carved text
• Czech: nápis — carved text
• Dutch: inscriptie — carved text
• Esperanto: surskribo — carved text
• Finnish: kaiverrus — carved text
• French: inscription — carved text
• Galician: inscrición — carved text
• Georgian: წარწერა (c̣arc̣era) — carved text
• German: Inschrift — carved text
• Greek: επιγραφή (epigrafí) — carved text
• Greek: χάραξη (cháraxi) — carved text
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) — carved text
• Hebrew: כְּתֹבֶת (któvet) — carved text
• Hindi: शिलालेख (śilālekh) — carved text
• Hindi: अभिलेख (abhilekh) — carved text
• Hindi: उत्कीर्णन (utkīrṇan) — carved text
• Hungarian: felirat — carved text
• Italian: inscrizione — carved text
• Italian: motto — carved text
• Japanese: 碑文 (hibun) — carved text
• Khmer: ចារឹក (caarɨk) — carved text
• Khmer: អក្សរចារឹក (ʼaksɑɑ-caarɨk) — carved text
• Latin: īnscrīptiō — carved text
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠰᠦ (bičigesü) — carved text
• Mongolian: бичээс (bičees) — carved text
• Norwegian: inskripsjon — carved text
• Old English: inwrītting — carved text
• Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (bitig) — carved text
• Persian: کتیبه (katibe) — carved text
• Phoenician: 𐤐𐤎 (ps) — carved text
• Polish: inskrypcja — carved text
• Portuguese: inscrição — carved text
• Romanian: inscripție — carved text
• Russian: на́дпись (nádpisʹ) — carved text
• Lower Sorbian: napis — carved text
• Spanish: inscripción — carved text
• Swedish: inskrift — carved text
• Swedish: inskription — carved text
• Tamil: கல்வெட்டு (kalveṭṭu) — carved text
• Turkish: kitâbe — carved text
• Turkish: yazıt — carved text
• Vietnamese: chữ khắc — carved text
• Arabic: نَقْش (naqš) — text on a coin
• Dutch: inscriptie — text on a coin
• Finnish: teksti — text on a coin
• Finnish: kirjoitus — text on a coin
• French: légende — text on a coin
• German: Aufschrift — text on a coin
• German: Münzaufschrift — text on a coin
• Greek: επιγραφή (epigrafí) — text on a coin
• Norwegian: inskripsjon — text on a coin
• Plautdietsch: Enschreft — text on a coin
• Polish: napis — text on a coin
• Portuguese: legenda — text on a coin
• Russian: на́дпись (nádpisʹ) — text on a coin
• Turkish: yazı — text on a coin
• Bulgarian: посвещение (posveštenie) — dedication in a book
• Chinese Mandarin: 題詞 /题词 (tící) — dedication in a book
• Czech: věnování — dedication in a book
• Dutch: ex libris — dedication in a book
• Finnish: omistuskirjoitus — dedication in a book
• French: dédicace — dedication in a book
• German: Widmung — dedication in a book
• Greek: αφιέρωση (afiérosi) — dedication in a book
• Italian: dedica — dedication in a book
• Norwegian: dedikasjon — dedication in a book
• Polish: dedykacja — dedication in a book
• Portuguese: dedicatória — dedication in a book
• Russian: на́дпись (nádpisʹ) — dedication in a book
• Russian: посвяще́ние (posvjaščénije) — dedication in a book
• Spanish: dedicatoria — dedication in a book
• Turkish: ithaf — dedication in a book