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• /skɹaɪb/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [skɹaɪ̯b]
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• US: [skɹɑɪ̯b]
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• Canada: [skɹaɪ̯b]
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• Canada: [skɹəjb]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [skɹɑe̯b]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [skɹɑjb]
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• rhymes with -aɪb
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• CMU ARPABET: S K R AY1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).

From Middle English scryben (“to write”), from Latin scrībō (“to write”). Doublet of shrive. The carpentry sense comes from the way a workman uses a compass to mark a line before cutting.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (d'iṗn'abaal) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Akkadian: 𒁾𒊬 (ṭupšarrum) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Albanian: shkrues — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Arabic: نَاسِخ (nāsiḵ) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Arabic: كَاتِب (kātib) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Aramaic: סָפַר (sāfar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Armenian: գրիչ (gričʻ) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Azerbaijani: katib — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Azerbaijani: münşi — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Belarusian: пі́сар (písar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Belarusian: пі́сарка (písarka) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Bulgarian: пи́сар (písar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Bulgarian: пи́сарка (písarka) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Catalan: escrivà — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Cherokee: ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ (dinowelisgi) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Chinese Cantonese: 抄寫員 /抄写员 (caau1 se2 jyun4) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Chinese Mandarin: 抄寫員 /抄写员 (chāoxiěyuán) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Czech: písař — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Czech: písařka — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Danish: skriver — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Dutch: schrijver — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Dutch: kopiist — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Egyptian: Y4-A1 (zẖꜣw) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Esperanto: skribisto — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Estonian: kirjutaja — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Finnish: kirjuri — one who writes; a draughtsman
• French: scribe — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Galician: escribán — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Galician: escriba — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Galician: amanuense — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Ge'ez: ጸሓፊ (ṣäḥafi) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Georgian: გადამწერი (gadamc̣eri) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• German: Schreiber — one who writes; a draughtsman
• German: Kopist — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (bōkareis) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Greek: γραφέας (graféas) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Ancient Greek: γραμματεύς (grammateús) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hebrew: טַפְסָר (tafsár) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hebrew: לַבְלָר (lavlár) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hindi: मुंशी (muñśī) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hindi: कातिब (kātib) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hindi: मुहर्रिर (muharrir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Hungarian: írnok — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Icelandic: skrifari — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Irish: scríobhaí — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Italian: scrivano — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Italian: scriba — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Italian: amanuense — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Japanese: 筆記者 (hikkisha) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Japanese: スクライブ (sukuraibu) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Kazakh: жазбагер (jazbager) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Kazakh: бітікші (bıtıkşı) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Khmer: ស្មៀន (smiən) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Khmer: លិបិការ (lipekaa) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Korean: 필경사 (pilgyeongsa) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Northern Kurdish: katib — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Kyrgyz: катчы (katcı) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Kyrgyz: бесир (besir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Lao: ອາລັກ (ʼā lak) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Latin: scrība — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Latin: librāriolus — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Latin: librārius — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Latvian: rakstvedis — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Lithuanian: raštininkas — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Macedonian: пи́сар (písar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Macedonian: пи́сарка (písarka) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Macedonian: дијак (dijak) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Malay: katib — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Malay: jurutulis — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ (bithesi) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Manx: screeudeyr — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ (bičigeči) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Mongolian: бичээч (bičeeč) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Classical Nahuatl: tlahcuiloh — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Classical Nahuatl: āmoxtlahcuiloh — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Norwegian Bokmål: skriver — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Old English: wrītere — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Old English: bōcere — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Pashto: کاتب (kātib) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Pashto: منشي (monši) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Pashto: ميرزا (mirzā) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Pashto: ليکونکى (likunkay) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: مُنْشی (monši) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: کاتِب (kâteb) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: دَبیر (dabir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: دِبیر (debir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: میرْزا (mirzâ) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Iranian Persian: مُحَرِّر (moharrer) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Polish: pisarz — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Polish: pisarka — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Polish: skryba — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Polish: kopista — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Portuguese: escriba — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Portuguese: amanuense — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Romanian: scrib — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Romanian: copist — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Russian: пи́сарь (písarʹ) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Russian: писе́ц (piséc) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Serbo-Croatian: пѝса̄р — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Serbo-Croatian: писа̀рица — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Serbo-Croatian: pìsār — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Serbo-Croatian: pisàrica — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Slovak: pisár — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Slovak: pisárka — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Slovene: pisar — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Slovene: pisarka — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Spanish: escriba — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Spanish: amanuense — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Spanish: escribano — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Spanish: escribiente — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Sumerian: 𒁾𒊬 (dubsar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Swahili: mwandishi — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Swedish: skrivare — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tajik: муншӣ (munši) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tajik: котиб (kotib) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tajik: мирзо (mirzo) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tajik: дабир (dabir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Thai: อาลักษณ์ (aa-lák) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Tumbuka: mulembi — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Turkish: kâtip — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Turkmen: kätip — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Ukrainian: пи́сар (pýsar) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Ukrainian: пи́сарка (pýsarka) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Urdu: مُنْشی (munśī) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Urdu: کاتِب (kātib) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Urdu: مُحَرِّر (muharrir) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Uyghur: كۆچۈرگۈچى (köchürgüchi) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Uzbek: mirza — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Uzbek: kotib — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Uzbek: bitikchi — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Uzbek: mirzo — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Vietnamese: thư lại — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Yakut: суруксут (suruksut) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Yiddish: סופֿר (soyfer) — one who writes; a draughtsman
• Bulgarian: кни́жник (knížnik) — writer and doctor of the law
• Catalan: escriba — writer and doctor of the law
• Chinese Mandarin: 文士 (wénshì) — writer and doctor of the law
• Dutch: schriftgeleerde — writer and doctor of the law
• Finnish: lainoppinut — writer and doctor of the law
• French: scribe — writer and doctor of the law
• German: Schriftgelehrter — writer and doctor of the law
• Ancient Greek: γραμματεύς (grammateús) — writer and doctor of the law
• Latin: scrība — writer and doctor of the law
• Māori: karaipi — writer and doctor of the law
• Plautdietsch: Schreftjelieeda — writer and doctor of the law
• Portuguese: escriba — writer and doctor of the law
• Russian: дьяк (dʹjak) — writer and doctor of the law
• Russian: писе́ц (piséc) — writer and doctor of the law
• Russian: секрета́рь (sekretárʹ) — writer and doctor of the law
• Russian: кни́жник (knížnik) — writer and doctor of the law
• Spanish: escriba — writer and doctor of the law
• Swahili: mwandishi — writer and doctor of the law
• Ukrainian: секрета́р (sekretár) — writer and doctor of the law
• Bulgarian: черти́лка (čertílka) — steel drawing implement
• Dutch: kraspen — steel drawing implement
• Finnish: piirrin — steel drawing implement
• German: Reißnadel — steel drawing implement
• Luxembourgish: Räissnol — steel drawing implement
• Russian: черти́лка (čertílka) — steel drawing implement
• Spanish: punta de trazar — steel drawing implement
• Finnish: skribentti — journalist
• Manx: screeudeyr — journalist
• Bulgarian: пи́ша (píša) — to write
• Chinese Mandarin: 繕寫 /缮写 (shànxiě) — to write
• Finnish: kirjoittaa — to write
• German: schreiben — to write
• Icelandic: skrifa — to write
• Japanese: 書く (kaku) — to write
• Macedonian: пи́шува (píšuva) — to write
• Russian: писа́ть (pisátʹ) — to write
• Spanish: escribir — to write
• Swedish: skriva — to write
• Bulgarian: впи́свам (vpísvam) — to record
• Finnish: kirjata — to record
• Icelandic: rita — to record
• Icelandic: skrá — to record
• Macedonian: запи́шува (zapíšuva) — to record
• Old Norse: skrá — to record
• Russian: записать (zapisatʹ) — to record
• Russian: записывать (zapisyvatʹ) — to record
• Spanish: grabar — to record
• Finnish: piirrottaa — to write or draw with a scribe