scrivere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scrībere, from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskri.ve.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ivere
  • Hyphenation: scrì‧ve‧re

Verb

scrìvere (first-person singular present scrìvo, first-person singular past historic scrìssi, past participle scrìtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to write [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive) to spell (to write the letters that form (a word))
  3. (transitive) to write down
  4. (transitive, poetic) to write about
  5. (transitive, figurative, literary) to remember indelibly
  6. (transitive, by extension):
    1. (uncommon) to record
      Synonym: registrare
    2. (obsolete or literary) to ascribe, to attribute
      Synonyms: ascrivere, attribuire
    3. (obsolete) to draft
      Synonym: arruolare

Conjugation

Further reading

  • scrivere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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