scriptorium

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɹɪpˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
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• General-American: /skɹɪpˈtɔɹ.i.əm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin scrīptor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium ▲ Latin scrībō ▲ Latin -tor ▲ Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin -tōrium Medieval Latin scrīptōriumbor. English scriptorium Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: скрыпторый (skryptóryj) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Catalan: escriptori — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Chinese Mandarin: 寫字間 /写字间 (xiězìjiān) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Chinese Mandarin: 撰經閣 /撰经阁 (zhuànjīnggé) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Czech: skriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Dutch: scriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Dutch: schrijfzaal — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Finnish: kirjoitushuone — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Finnish: scriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• French: scriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• West-Frisian: skriptoarium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Georgian: სკრიპტორიუმი (sḳriṗṭoriumi) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• German: Skriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Indonesian: skriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Japanese: 写字室 (shajishitsu) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Lithuanian: skriptoriumas — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Macedonian: писарница (pisarnica) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Macedonian: скрипториум (skriptorium) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Polish: skryptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Romanian: scriptorie — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Russian: скрипторий (skriptorij) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Serbo-Croatian: скрѝпто̄рӣј — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Serbo-Croatian: skrìptōrīj — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Slovak: skriptórium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Slovene: skriptorij — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Spanish: scriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Swedish: skriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Swedish: scriptorium — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Thai: โรงเขียนหนังสือ (rohng kĭan năng-sĕu) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Ukrainian: скрипто́рій (skryptórij) — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts
• Welsh: sgriptoriwm — room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts