Scribe (en. Scribe)

/skʁib/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Professional writer or copyist.

In ancient times, a scribe was essential for documentation.

Dans l'Antiquité, un scribe était essentiel pour la documentation.

Individual who writes legal or administrative documents.

The scribe drafted the contract in front of the witnesses.

Le scribe a rédigé le contrat devant les témoins.

Person who practices the art of calligraphic writing.

Mediterranean scribes were renowned for their beautiful writing.

Les scribes méditerranéens étaient réputés pour leur belle écriture.

Comes from the Latin 'scriba', which means 'writer'.

sly scribe

Refers to a person skilled at writing letters or documents for personal gain.

scribe et sournois

writing

The act of writing.

écriture

manuscript

A handwritten document.

manuscrit

calligraphy

The art of writing well.

calligraphie

A scribe is sometimes informally used to denote a person who writes for others without much value.

That local scribe just makes copies, nothing creative.

Ce scribe du coin fait juste des copies, rien de créatif.

Scribe is sometimes used to refer to a writer who is not very original.

He considers himself a scribe, but his stories are the same as those of his predecessors.

Il se considère comme un scribe, mais ses histoires sont les mêmes que celles de ses prédécesseurs.