autograph

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin autographum, in turn from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- +‎ -graph.

Noun

autograph (plural autographs)

1. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
2. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

Synonyms

• (person’s own handwriting or signature): signature, inscription
• (manuscript in author’s hand): protograph, holograph, archetype, original

Translations

signature

• Afrikaans: handtekening
• Albanian: autograf (sq)
• Arabic: تَوْقِيع (ar) m (tawqīʕ)
• Armenian: ինքնագիր (hy) (inkʻnagir)
• Belarusian: аўтограф m (aŭtóhraf)
• Bulgarian: автограф (bg) m (avtograf)
• Catalan: autògraf (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簽名／签名 (zh) (qiānmíng), 签名 (zh) (qiānmíng)

• Crimean Tatar: avtograf
• Czech: autogram m, podpis (cs) m
• Danish: autograf (da) c
• Dutch: handtekening (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭtografo
• Estonian: autogramm
• Finnish: nimikirjoitus (fi)
• French: signature (fr) f, autographe (fr) m
• Georgian: ავტოგრაფი (avṭograpi)
• German: Autogramm (de) n, Unterschrift (de) f
• Greek: αυτόγραφο (el) n (aftógrafo)
• Hebrew: חתימת f (khatima), חתימת יד f (khatima yad)
• Hungarian: saját kezű aláírás, autogram (hu)
• Icelandic: eiginhandaráritun (is) f
• Indonesian: tanda tangan (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Italian: autografo (it) m
• Japanese: サイン (ja) (sain), 自署 c (jisho), 肉筆 (nikuhitsu)
• Korean: 사인 (ko) (sain)
• Latvian: autogrāfs m
• Lithuanian: autografas m
• Macedonian: автограм m (avtogram)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: autograf m

  Nynorsk: autograf m

• Persian: امضاء (fa) (emzâ')
• Polish: autograf (pl) m
• Portuguese: autógrafo m
• Romanian: autograf (ro)
• Russian: авто́граф (ru) m (avtógraf)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутограм m

  Roman: autogram (sh) m

• Slovak: autogram m
• Slovene: avtogram m, podpis (sl) m
• Spanish: firma (es) f, autógrafo (es) m
• Swedish: autograf (sv) c
• Turkish: imza (tr)
• Ukrainian: автограф (uk) m (avtohraf)

hand-written manuscript

• Catalan: autògraf (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手稿 (zh) (shǒugǎo)

• Finnish: käsikirjoitus (fi)
• French: autographe (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: eigenhändige Niederschrift des Verfassers f, Autograph (de) m
• Greek: χειρόγραφο (el) n (cheirógrafo)
• Icelandic: eiginhandarrit n
• Italian: manoscritto (it) m

Adjective

autograph (not comparable)

1. Written in the author’s own handwriting.

Translations

hand-written manuscript

• Finnish: käsin kirjoitettu
• French: autographe (fr) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ιδιόγραφος (el) m (idiógrafos), ιδιόχειρος (el) m (idiócheiros)
• Italian: autografo (it)

Verb

autograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)

1. (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
2. (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting

Translations

to sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book

• Albanian: autograf (sq)
• Catalan: autografiar (ca)
• Esperanto: aŭtografi
• Finnish: nimikirjoittaa, antaa nimikirjoitus
• French: dédicacer (fr), signer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: υπογράφω ιδιοχείρως (ypográfo idiocheíros)
• Icelandic: árita
• Italian: autografare (it)
• Macedonian: потпишува (potpišuva)
• Spanish: autografiar (es)

to write something in one’s own handwriting

• Albanian: autograf (sq)
• Finnish: kirjoittaa käsin
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: γράφω ιδιοχείρως (gráfo idiocheíros)
• Spanish: autografiar (es), manuscribir (es)