manuscrit

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin manuscriptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.nusˈkɾit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.nusˈkɾit]

Noun

manuscrit m (plural manuscrits)

1. manuscript

Further reading

• “manuscrit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “manuscrit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “manuscrit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “manuscrit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

1594, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manu (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + scriptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit (before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (before 1300, “manuscript”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nys.kʁi/

• Audio:

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Adjective

manuscrit (feminine manuscrite, masculine plural manuscrits, feminine plural manuscrites)

1. manuscript (handwritten, or by extension typewritten)

Noun

manuscrit m (plural manuscrits)

1. manuscript

Further reading

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