écrivain

See also: êcrivain

French

Etymology

From Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, accusative of *scrība, 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/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

écrivain m (plural écrivains, feminine écrivaine)

1. (male) writer

Related terms

• écrire
• écriture
• scribe

See also

• auteur

References

• etymology

Further reading

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