Inscription

//ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən//

Synonyms for "inscription" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(2 words)
autographdedication

Strong matches (56)

Related words (94)

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Related terms

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is a

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related to

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Translations

81 translations across 40 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • epigraf noun (carved text)
  • mbishkrim noun (carved text)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐπιγραφή noun (carved text)

Arabic

2 entries
  • نَقْش noun (carved text)
  • نَقْش noun (text on a coin)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արձանագրություն noun (carved text)
  • մակագրություն noun (carved text)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kitabə noun (carved text)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • на́дпис noun (carved text)
  • посвещение noun (dedication in a book)

Catalan

1 entries
  • inscripció noun (carved text)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 碑文 noun (carved text)
  • 題字 /题字 noun (carved text)
  • 題詞 /题词 noun (carved text)
  • 題詞 /题词 noun (dedication in a book)

Czech

2 entries
  • nápis noun (carved text)
  • věnování noun (dedication in a book)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ex libris noun (dedication in a book)
  • inscriptie noun (carved text)
  • inscriptie noun (text on a coin)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • surskribo noun (carved text)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kaiverrus noun (carved text)
  • kirjoitus noun (text on a coin)
  • omistuskirjoitus noun (dedication in a book)
  • teksti noun (text on a coin)

French

3 entries
  • dédicace noun (dedication in a book)
  • inscription noun (carved text)
  • légende noun (text on a coin)

Galician

1 entries
  • inscrición noun (carved text)

Georgian

1 entries
  • წარწერა noun (carved text)

German

4 entries
  • Aufschrift noun (text on a coin)
  • Inschrift noun (carved text)
  • Münzaufschrift noun (text on a coin)
  • Widmung noun (dedication in a book)

Greek

4 entries
  • αφιέρωση noun (dedication in a book)
  • επιγραφή noun (carved text)
  • επιγραφή noun (text on a coin)
  • χάραξη noun (carved text)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כְּתֹבֶת noun (carved text)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अभिलेख noun (carved text)
  • उत्कीर्णन noun (carved text)
  • शिलालेख noun (carved text)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • felirat noun (carved text)

Italian

3 entries
  • dedica noun (dedication in a book)
  • inscrizione noun (carved text)
  • motto noun (carved text)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 碑文 noun (carved text)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចារឹក noun (carved text)
  • អក្សរចារឹក noun (carved text)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • napis noun (carved text)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бичээс noun (carved text)
  • ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠰᠦ noun (carved text)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • dedikasjon noun (dedication in a book)
  • inskripsjon noun (carved text)
  • inskripsjon noun (text on a coin)

Old English

1 entries
  • inwrītting noun (carved text)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 noun (carved text)

Persian

1 entries
  • کتیبه noun (carved text)

Phoenician

1 entries
  • 𐤐𐤎 noun (carved text)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Enschreft noun (text on a coin)

Polish

3 entries
  • dedykacja noun (dedication in a book)
  • inskrypcja noun (carved text)
  • napis noun (text on a coin)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • dedicatória noun (dedication in a book)
  • inscrição noun (carved text)
  • legenda noun (text on a coin)

Romanian

1 entries
  • inscripție noun (carved text)

Russian

4 entries
  • на́дпись noun (carved text)
  • на́дпись noun (text on a coin)
  • на́дпись noun (dedication in a book)
  • посвяще́ние noun (dedication in a book)

Spanish

2 entries
  • dedicatoria noun (dedication in a book)
  • inscripción noun (carved text)

Swedish

2 entries
  • inskrift noun (carved text)
  • inskription noun (carved text)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கல்வெட்டு noun (carved text)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ithaf noun (dedication in a book)
  • kitâbe noun (carved text)
  • yazı noun (text on a coin)
  • yazıt noun (carved text)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chữ khắc noun (carved text)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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In the second place, if we do not go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, and we shall have lost it all.

Source: tatoeba (276055)

On a nice spring day, when Jan was digging in the sandbox in the backyard, he found a small box. In the box was a shining switchblade with a mysterious inscription.

Source: tatoeba (486939)

Right and wrong are two faces of the same coin. Whoever has the power decides which face gets what inscription.

Source: tatoeba (503590)

After torturing a fortune-teller by tickling him to death for several hours, Christopher Columbus placed the noob toy in a treasure chest with the inscription: "To the great pirate of the future Al-Sayib: Noobs always deserve it."

Source: tatoeba (584818)

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