inscribe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inscribĕre, from in (“upon”) and scribĕre (“to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
• Rhymes: -aɪb

Verb

1. (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

   I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.

   I inscribed my name into the book.

2. (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Synonyms

• enwrite, inwrite

Related terms

• inscription
• circumscribe
• -scribe

Translations

to write or cut words onto something

• Bulgarian: надписвам (bg) (nadpisvam)
• Catalan: inscriure (ca)
• Finnish: kaivertaa (fi)
• French: graver (fr)
• German: beschriften (de)
• Greek: επιγράφω (el) (epigráfo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (biti-)
• Romanian: inscripționa, înscrie (ro), grava (ro)
• Russian: начертать (ru) (načertatʹ)
• Spanish: inscribir (es)
• Turkish: yazmak (tr), kazımak (tr)

to draw a circle, sphere

• Bulgarian: вписвам (bg) (vpisvam)
• Catalan: inscriure (ca)
• Czech: vepsat
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: înscrie (ro)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) īnscrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō

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Spanish

Verb

inscribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inscribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inscribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of inscribir.