écrivain
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See also: êcrivain
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from Latin scrība, with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, Catalan escrivà, Italian scrivano, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scribe, a borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
écrivain m (plural écrivains, feminine écrivaine)
- writer
- Coordinate terms: auteur, écrivaillon, écriveur
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “écrivain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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