écrivain

See also: êcrivain

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁi.vɛ̃/

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Noun

écrivain m (plural écrivains, feminine écrivaine)

1. writer

   Coordinate terms: auteur, écrivaillon, écriveur

Related terms

• écrire
• écriture
• scribe

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: ekrivin

Further reading

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