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 (cmn)

• Dutch: handgeschreven (nl), geschreven (nl)
• Finnish: käsin kirjoitettu (fi)
• 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)
• Persian: دست‌نویس (fa) (dast-nevis)
• Polish: odręczny (pl), rękopiśmienny (pl)
• Portuguese: manuscrito (pt)
• Russian: рукописный (ru) (rukopísnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рукописни (sh), руком писани (sh)

  Roman: rukopisni (sh), rukom pisani (sh)

• Spanish: manuscrito (es) m

Noun

manuscript (plural manuscripts)

1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), 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

• Afrikaans: manuskrip (af)
• Arabic: مخطوطة (ar) (maxṭuṭa) f, مخطوط (ar) (maxṭuṭ) m
• Armenian: մատյան (hy) (matyan), ձեռագիր (hy) (jeṙagir)
• Catalan: manuscrit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手稿 (cmn) (shǒugǎo), 手写本 (cmn), 手抄本 (cmn)

• 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
• Persian: دست‌نوشته (fa) (dast-nevešte), نسخه خطی (fa) (nosxe-ye xatti)
• Polish: rękopis (pl) m, manuskrypt (pl) m
• Portuguese: manuscrito (pt) m
• Romanian: manuscris (ro)
• Russian: рукопись (ru) (rúkopis’) f, манускрипт (ru) (manuskrípt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рукопис (sh) m

  Roman: rȕkopīs (sh) 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 (cmn), 草稿 (cmn) (cǎogǎo)

• 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 (pl) m, rękopis (pl) m
• Russian: рукопись (ru) (rúkopis’) f, манускрипт (ru) (manuskrípt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainn (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рукопис (sh) m

  Roman: rȕkopīs (sh) m

• Spanish: manuscrito (es) m
• Swedish: manuskript (sv)

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• Albanian: dorëshkrim (sq)
• Arabic: مخطوطة كتابية (ar) f
• Bulgarian: ръкопис (bg) (rǎkopis) m
• Serbo-Croatian: manuskript (sh) m
• Estonian: käsikiri (et)
• Tagalog: manuskrito (tl), orihinal (tl)
• German: Manuskript (de) n, Handschrift (de) f, Kodex (de) m
• Hebrew: כְּתַב יָד (he) m
• Hindi: हस्तलेख (hi), हस्तलिपि (hi)
• Indonesian: naskah (id)

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

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Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧script

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”).

Noun

manuscript n (plural manuscripten, diminutive manuscriptje)

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

Synonyms

• (not reproduced) handschrift n