manuscrit

Etymology

From Latin manus (“hand”) + scrībō (“to write”)

Noun

manuscrit m (plural manuscrits)

1. a manuscript

Etymology

1594, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manu (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + scriptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit (before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (before 1300, “manuscript”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nys.kʁi/

Adjective

manuscrit (feminine singular manuscrite, masculine plural manuscrits, feminine plural manuscrites)

1. manuscript (handwritten, or by extension typewritten)

Noun

manuscrit m (plural manuscrits)

1. a manuscript

Further reading

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