manuscript

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• /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/
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1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Not found in Classical Latin.

From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum (“writing by hand”), a calque of Germanic origin: compare Middle Low German hantschrift (“manuscript, document”), Middle Dutch hantscrift (“manuscript”) (c. 1451), Old High German hantgiskrīb (“handwriting, document, manuscript”), Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (“manuscript”) (c. 1450), Old English handġewrit (“what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”) (before 1150), Old Norse handrit (“manuscript”) (before 1300). Not found in Classical Latin.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَخْطُوطَة (maḵṭūṭa) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Azerbaijani: əlyazma — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Bashkir: ҡулъяҙма (qulʺyaźma) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Bashkir: ҡулдан яҙылған (quldan) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Bulgarian: ръкопи́сен (rǎkopísen) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Catalan: manuscrit — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Chinese Mandarin: 手寫的 /手写的 (shǒuxiě de) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Dutch: handgeschreven — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Dutch: geschreven — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Finnish: käsin kirjoitettu — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• French: manuscrit — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Galician: manuscrito — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Georgian: ხელნაწერი (xelnac̣eri) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Georgian: მანუსკრიპტი (manusḳriṗṭi) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• German: Handschrift — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• German: Manuskript — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Greek: χειρόγραφο (cheirógrafo) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Hindi: हस्तलिपि (hastalipi) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Italian: manoscritto — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Japanese: 手書きの (tegaki no) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Khmer: អក្សរដៃ (aksɑɑ day) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Malay: manuskrip — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Persian: دستنوشته (dast-nevešte) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Persian: دستنویس (dast-nevis) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Persian: نسخه خطی (nosxe xatti) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Persian: مخطوطه (maxtute) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Polish: odręczny — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Polish: rękopis — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Portuguese: manuscrito — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Russian: рукопи́сный (rukopísnyj) — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Serbo-Croatian: рукописни — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Serbo-Croatian: руком писани — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Serbo-Croatian: rukopisni — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Serbo-Croatian: rukom pisani — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Spanish: manuscrito — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Walloon: scrît al mwin — handwritten, or by extension typewritten
• Afrikaans: manuskrip — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Albanian: dorëshkrim — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Arabic: مَخْطُوطَة (maḵṭūṭa) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Arabic: مَخْطُوط (maḵṭūṭ) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Armenian: մատյան (matyan) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Armenian: ձեռագիր (jeṙagir) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Azerbaijani: əlyazı — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Azerbaijani: əlyazma — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Bashkir: ҡулъяҙма (qulʺyaźma) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Belarusian: ру́капіс (rúkapis) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Belarusian: манускры́пт (manuskrýpt) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Bengali: পাণ্ডুলিপি (panḍulipi) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Bulgarian: ръкопи́с (rǎkopís) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Burmese: စာမူ (camu) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Catalan: manuscrit — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Chinese Mandarin: 手稿 (shǒugǎo) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Chinese Mandarin: 手抄本 (shǒuchāoběn) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Chinese Mandarin: 原稿 (yuángǎo) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Czech: rukopis — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Danish: håndskrift — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Danish: manuskript — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Dutch: manuscript — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Dutch: handschrift — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Esperanto: manuskripto — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Esperanto: manskribaĵo — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Estonian: käsikiri — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Finnish: käsikirjoitus — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• French: manuscrit — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Georgian: ხელნაწერი (xelnac̣eri) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• German: Handschrift — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Greek: χειρόγραφο (cheirógrafo) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Hebrew: כְּתַב יָד (ktav yad) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Hindi: पांडुलिपि (pāṇḍulipi) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Hungarian: kézirat — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Indonesian: naskah — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Irish: lámhscríbhinn — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Italian: manoscritto — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Japanese: 手書き原稿 (tegaki-genkō) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Japanese: 写本 (shahon) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Japanese: 手写本 (shushabon) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Japanese: マニュスクリプト (manyusukuriputo) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Kazakh: көшірме (köşırme) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Kazakh: қолжазба (qoljazba) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Khmer: សាត្រាស្លឹករឹត (sattra slǝk riit) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Khmer: សាស្ត្រា (saahstraa) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Khmer: គម្ពីរ (kumpii) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Khmer: ក្រាំង (kraŋ) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Korean: 사본 (sabon) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Kyrgyz: кол жазма (kol jazma) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Lao: ຫນັງສືໃບລານ (nang sư̄ bai lān) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Lao: ຕົ້ນສະບັບ (ton sa bap) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Latvian: rokraksts — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Latvian: manuskripts — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Lithuanian: rankraštis — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Lithuanian: manuskriptas — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Macedonian: ракопис (rakopis) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Malay: naskhah — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Mongolian: бичмэл (bičmel) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠮᠡᠯ (bičimel) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Norwegian: manuskript — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Occitan: manuscrich — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Occitan: manuscrit — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Old English: handgewrit — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Persian: دستنوشته (dast-nevešte) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Persian: نسخه خطی (nosxe-ye xatti) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Polish: rękopis — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Polish: manuskrypt — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Portuguese: manuscrito — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Romanian: manuscris — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Russian: ру́копись (rúkopisʹ) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Russian: манускри́пт (manuskrípt) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̏копӣс — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Serbo-Croatian: rȕkopīs — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Slovak: rukopis — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Slovene: rokopis — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Spanish: manuscrito — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Swedish: manuskript — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Swedish: handskrift — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Tajik: дастнавис (dastnavis) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Tatar: кулъязма (qul-yazma) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Thai: ต้นฉบับ (dtôn-chà-bàp) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Turkish: yazma — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Turkmen: golýazma — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Ukrainian: руко́пис (rukópys) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Ukrainian: манускри́пт (manuskrýpt) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Uyghur: قوليازما (qolyazma) — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Uzbek: qoʻlyozma — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Vietnamese: thủ bản — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Walloon: papîscrît — book, composition or any other document, written by hand
• Armenian: բնագիր (bnagir) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Armenian: ձեռագիր (jeṙagir) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Bashkir: ҡулъяҙма (qulʺyaźma) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Bulgarian: ръкопис (rǎkopis) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Catalan: manuscrit — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Catalan: original — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Chinese Mandarin: 原稿 (yuángǎo) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Chinese Mandarin: 草稿 (cǎogǎo) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Czech: rukopis — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Danish: manuskript — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Dutch: manuscript — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Dutch: kopij — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Esperanto: manuskripto — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Finnish: käsikirjoitus — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• French: manuscrit — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Greek: χειρόγραφο (cheirógrafo) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Hungarian: kézirat — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Ingrian: käsikirjutos — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Italian: manoscritto — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Japanese: 原稿 (genkō) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Japanese: 草稿 (sōkō) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Japanese: 稿本 (kōhon) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Japanese: 稿 (kō) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Japanese: 記録 (kiroku) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Latvian: rokraksts — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Latvian: manuskripts — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Norwegian: manuskript — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Occitan: manuscrich — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Polish: maszynopis — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Polish: rękopis — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Portuguese: manuscrito — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Russian: ру́копись (rúkopisʹ) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Russian: манускри́пт (manuskrípt) — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Serbo-Croatian: рукопис — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Serbo-Croatian: rȕkopīs — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Spanish: manuscrito — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
• Swedish: manuskript — book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication