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inscription en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of inscribing.
   • The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries; 2008 June 18, Joint Communiqué, Council of Ministers of Cambodia, page 3:
2. (countable, uncountable) Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
   • He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […] 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
3. (countable, uncountable) The text on a coin.
   • The coin bears an inscription in Latin.
4. (countable, uncountable) Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Forms

Deriveds

reinscription · inscriptioned · inscriptionless · inscriptionist · inscriptional

Relateds

epigraph

Synonyms

epigraphy · legend

Translations (82)

hi शिलालेख (carved text) · fi teksti (text on a coin) · nl inscriptie (carved text) · ro inscripție (carved text) · ta கல்வெட்டு (carved text) · pl napis (text on a coin) · sv inskrift (carved text) · de Inschrift (carved text) · nl ex libris (dedication in a book) · fi kaiverrus (carved text) · sq mbishkrim (carved text) · la īnscrīptiō (carved text) · gl inscrición (carved text) · nl inscriptie (text on a coin) · no inskripsjon (carved text) · grc ἐπιγραφή (carved text) · it inscrizione (carved text) · tr kitâbe (carved text) · ka წარწერა (carved text) · fr inscription (carved text) · hi उत्कीर्णन (carved text) · de Widmung (dedication in a book) · ang inwrītting (carved text) · mn бичээс (carved text) · pt legenda (text on a coin) · ca inscripció (carved text) · ru на́дпись (text on a coin) · ar نَقْش (text on a coin) · bg посвещение (dedication in a book) · sv inskription (carved text) · fa کتیبه (carved text) · cmn 題字 /题字 (carved text) · cmn 碑文 (carved text) · ru посвяще́ние (dedication in a book) · hy մակագրություն (carved text) · cmn 題詞 /题词 (dedication in a book) · sq epigraf (carved text) · pdt Enschreft (text on a coin) · hy արձանագրություն (carved text) · fr légende (text on a coin) · de Münzaufschrift (text on a coin) · cs nápis (carved text) · cmn 題詞 /题词 (carved text) · ru на́дпись (carved text) · bg на́дпис (carved text) · fi omistuskirjoitus (dedication in a book) · de Aufschrift (text on a coin) · it dedica (dedication in a book) · es inscripción (carved text) · ru на́дпись (dedication in a book) · tr ithaf (dedication in a book) · tr yazı (text on a coin) · tr yazıt (carved text) · es dedicatoria (dedication in a book) · hu felirat (carved text) · pt inscrição (carved text) · phn 𐤐𐤎 (carved text) · km អក្សរចារឹក (carved text) · no dedikasjon (dedication in a book) · pl inskrypcja (carved text) · no inskripsjon (text on a coin) · el επιγραφή (carved text) · vi chữ khắc (carved text) · he כְּתֹבֶת (carved text) · mn ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠰᠦ (carved text) · el χάραξη (carved text) · pt dedicatória (dedication in a book) · el αφιέρωση (dedication in a book) · az kitabə (carved text) · el επιγραφή (text on a coin) · dsb napis (carved text) · eo surskribo (carved text) · cs věnování (dedication in a book) · km ចារឹក (carved text) · otk 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (carved text) · it motto (carved text) · fi kirjoitus (text on a coin) · ar نَقْش (carved text) · fr dédicace (dedication in a book) · pl dedykacja (dedication in a book) · ja 碑文 (carved text) · hi अभिलेख (carved text)