écrivain

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Meaning

writer

Concepts

writer

author

novelist

scribe

lighter

artist

autor

composer

poet

female author

female writer

Frequency

B2
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kʁi.vɛ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from Latin scrība, with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, Catalan escrivà, Italian scrivano, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scribe, a borrowing.

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