handwritten

See also: hand-written

English

A facsimile of a handwritten page from the Elizabethan play Sir Thomas More. Some scholars believe that this page is in the handwriting of William Shakespeare.

Alternative forms

• hand-written

Etymology

hand +‎ written

Adjective

handwritten (not comparable)

1. written with a pen or pencil, as opposed to typed

Synonyms

• longhand

Translations

written with a pen or pencil

• Armenian: ձեռագիր (hy) (jeṙagir)
• Dutch: handgeschreven (nl)
• German: handschriftlich (de)
• Greek: χειρόγραφος (el) (cheirógrafos)

• Polish: odręczny (pl)
• Portuguese: manuscrito (pt)
• Russian: рукопи́сный (ru) (rukopísnyj)

Related terms

• handwriting

Verb

handwritten

1. past participle of handwrite