Scribe

//skɹaɪb//

Synonyms for "scribe" (167 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Translations

180 translations across 82 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • 𒁾𒊬 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shkrues noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • γραμματεύς noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • γραμματεύς noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Arabic

2 entries
  • كَاتِب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • نَاسِخ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • סָפַר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գրիչ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • münşi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пі́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пі́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кни́жник noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • черти́лка noun (steel drawing implement)

Catalan

2 entries
  • escriba noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • escrivà noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 抄寫員 /抄写员 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 抄寫員 /抄写员 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • 文士 noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • 繕寫 /缮写 verb (to write)

Classical Nahuatl

2 entries
  • tlahcuiloh noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • āmoxtlahcuiloh noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Czech

2 entries
  • písař noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • písařka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Danish

1 entries
  • skriver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kopiist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • kraspen noun (steel drawing implement)
  • schriftgeleerde noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • schrijver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • Y4-A1 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • skribisto noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kirjutaja noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kirjuri noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • lainoppinut noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • piirrin noun (steel drawing implement)
  • skribentti noun (journalist)

French

2 entries
  • scribe noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scribe noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Galician

3 entries
  • amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escribán noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ge'ez

1 entries
  • ጸሓፊ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გადამწერი noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

German

4 entries
  • Kopist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • Reißnadel noun (steel drawing implement)
  • Schreiber noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • Schriftgelehrter noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Greek

1 entries
  • γραφέας noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • טַפְסָר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • לַבְלָר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कातिब noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • मुंशी noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • मुहर्रिर noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • írnok noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • skrifari noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • rita verb (to record)
  • skrifa verb (to write)
  • skrá verb (to record)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • دَبیر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • دِبیر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • مُحَرِّر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • مُنْشی noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Irish

1 entries
  • scríobhaí noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Italian

3 entries
  • amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scrivano noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Japanese

3 entries
  • スクライブ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • 筆記者 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • 書く verb (to write)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бітікші noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • жазбагер noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Khmer

2 entries
  • លិបិការ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • ស្មៀន noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Korean

1 entries
  • 필경사 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бесир noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • катчы noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອາລັກ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Latin

4 entries
  • librāriolus noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • librārius noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scrība noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scrība noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Latvian

1 entries
  • rakstvedis noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • raštininkas noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Räissnol noun (steel drawing implement)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • дијак noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • запи́шува verb (to record)

Malay

2 entries
  • jurutulis noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Manx

2 entries
  • screeudeyr noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • screeudeyr noun (journalist)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бичээч noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Māori

1 entries
  • karaipi noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skriver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Old English

2 entries
  • bōcere noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • wrītere noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • skrá verb (to record)

Pashto

4 entries
  • ليکونکى noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • منشي noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • ميرزا noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • کاتب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schreftjelieeda noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Polish

4 entries
  • kopista noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • pisarka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • pisarz noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • skryba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escriba noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Romanian

2 entries
  • copist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • scrib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Russian

4 entries
  • дьяк noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • кни́жник noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • пи́сарь noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • писе́ц noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pisàrica noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • pìsār noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • писа̀рица noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пѝса̄р noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pisár noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • pisárka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pisar noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • pisarka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Spanish

4 entries
  • amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • escriba noun (writer and doctor of the law)
  • escribano noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒁾𒊬 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mwandishi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • mwandishi noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skrivare noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • skriva verb (to write)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дабир noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • котиб noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • мирзо noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • муншӣ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Thai

1 entries
  • อาลักษณ์ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • mulembi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kâtip noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kätip noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎒𐎔𐎗 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • секрета́р noun (writer and doctor of the law)

Urdu

3 entries
  • مُحَرِّر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • مُنْشی noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • کاتِب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كۆچۈرگۈچى noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bitikchi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • kotib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • mirza noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
  • mirzo noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thư lại noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Yakut

1 entries
  • суруксут noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • סופֿר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Sample sentences

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Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.

Source: tatoeba (6672129)

A sofer is a traditional Jewish scribe.

Source: tatoeba (10463281)

Just as the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone point to the activity of an ancient scribe and a computer program points to a programmer, I have argued that the digital code discovered within the DNA molecule suggests the activity of a designing mind at the origin of life.

Source: tatoeba (10530828)

My tongue is a pen of a scribe.

Source: tatoeba (12181475)

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