écriture

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French escriture, inherited from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). Compare Middle French scripture, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁi.tyʁ/

• audio (l'écriture)

  (file)

• audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

écriture f (plural écritures)

1. writing
2. scripture
3. handwriting

   Il a une mauvaise écriture. ― He has bad handwriting.

4. (accounting) accounts entry, entry in the books

   passer une écriture comptable ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• écriture inclusive
• police d’écriture

Related terms

• écrire
• écrit
• scriptural

Further reading

• “écriture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.