manuscript

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Etymology

1597, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manu (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + scriptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit (before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (before 1300, “manuscript”).

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Adjective

manuscript (comparative more manuscript, superlative most manuscript)

1. Which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction

Translations

handwritten, or by extension typewritten

Catalan: manuscrit (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 手写的 (zh) Dutch: handgeschreven, geschreven French: manuscrit (fr) German: Handscrift (de), Manuskript (de) Greek: χειρόγραφο (el) (cheirógrafo) n.

Italian: manoscritto (it) Japanese: 手書きの (ja) (てがきの, tegaki-no) Portuguese: manuscrito (pt) Russian: рукописный (ru) (rukopísnyj) Serbian: рукописни (sr) (rukopisni), руком писани (sr) (rukom pisani) Spanish: manuscrito (es) m.

Noun

manuscript (plural manuscripts)

1. A book, composition or any other document, (type)written by hand, not mechanically reproduced.
2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

Abbreviations

• ms or ms.

Derived terms

• manuscriptal
• manuscription

Synonyms

• handwrit
• autograph
• handwriting

Related terms

• script

Translations

book, composition or any other document, written by hand

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: մատյան (hy) (matyan), ձեռագիր (hy) (jeṙagir) Catalan: manuscrit (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 手稿 (zh) (shǒugǎo), 手写本 (zh), 手抄本 (zh) Croatian: rȕkopīs (hr) m. Czech: rukopis (cs) m. Danish: håndskrift (da) n., manuskript (da) n. Dutch: manuscript (nl) n., handschrift (nl) n. Esperanto: manuskripto (eo), manskribaĵo (eo) Estonian: käsikiri (et) Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi) French: manuscrit (fr) m. Georgian: ხელნაწერი (ka) (xelnaceri) Greek: χειρόγραφο (el) (cheirógrafo) n. Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: kézirat (hu) Italian: manoscritto (it) m. Japanese: 手書き原稿 (ja) (てがきげんこう, tegaki-genkō), 写本 (ja) (しゃほん, shahon), 手写本 (ja) (しゅしゃぼん, shushabon), マニュスクリプト (ja) (manyusukuriputo) Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: manuskript (no) n. Old English: please add this translation if you can Polish: rękopis m., manuskrypt m. Portuguese: manuscrito (pt) m. Romanian: manuscris (ro) Russian: рукопись (ru) (rúkopis’) f., манускрипт (ru) (manuskrípt) m. Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn (gd) f. Serbian: рукопис (sr) (rukopis) m. Spanish: manuscrito (es) m. Swedish: manuskript (sv), handskrift (sv) Turkish: yazma (tr)

book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication

Armenian: բնագիր (hy) (bnagir), ձեռագիր (hy) (jeṙagir) Catalan: manuscrit (ca) m., original (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 原稿 (zh), 草稿 (zh) (cǎogǎo) Croatian: rȕkopīs (hr) m. Czech: rukopis (cs) m. Danish: manuskript (da) n. Dutch: manuscript (nl) n., kopij (nl) f. Esperanto: manuskripto (eo) Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi) French: manuscrit (fr) m.

Greek: χειρόγραφο (el) (cheirógrafo) n. Hungarian: kézirat (hu) Italian: manoscritto (it) m. Japanese: 原稿 (ja) (げんこう, genkō), 草稿 (ja) (そうこう, sōkō), 稿本 (ja) (こうほん, kōhon), 稿 (ja) (こう, kō), 記録 (ja) (きろく, kiroku) Norwegian: manuskript (no) n. Polish: maszynopis m., rękopis m. Russian: рукопись (ru) (rúkopis’) f., манускрипт (ru) (manuskrípt) m. Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn (gd) f. Serbian: рукопис (sr) (rukopis) m. Swedish: manuskript (sv)

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Albanian: dorëshkrim Arabic: مخطوطة كتابية f. Bulgarian: ръкопис (bg) m. Serbo-Croatian: manuskript (hr) m. Estonian: käsikiri Tagalog: manuskrito, orihinal German: Manuskript (de) n., Handschrift (de) f., Kodex (de) m. Hebrew: כְּתַב יָד m. Hindi: हस्तलेख, हस्तलिपि Indonesian: naskah (id)

Korean: 사본 (sabon), 원고 (wongo) Latvian: rokraksts, manuskripts Lithuanian: rankraštis, manuskriptas Maltese: manuskritt m. Portuguese: manuscrito (pt) m. Romanian: manuscris (ro) m. Slovak: rukopis (sk) m. Slovene: rokopis (sl) m. Spanish: manuscrito (es) m. Thai: เอกสารที่เขียนด้วยมือ (èkgàsăan têe kĭan dûay meu), ต้นฉบับ (dtôn chàbàp), ต้นร่าง (dtôn râang), ระบับ (rábàp) Turkish: el yazması Ukrainian: рукопис (uk) m.

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Dutch

Noun

manuscript n. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. A manuscript, written (not printed) text or composition
2. A manuscript submitted for reproductive publication

Synonyms

• (not reproduced) handschrift n.