écrivain

See also: êcrivain

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scribanem, accusative of Latin scriba, with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, Italian scrivano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.kʁi.vɛ̃/
audio (file)

Noun

écrivain m (plural écrivains, feminine écrivaine)

(male) writer

See also

References

etymology

Further reading

“écrivain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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