escriptura

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scriptūra. Compare Occitan escritura, French écriture, Spanish escritura. Cf. also Catalan escrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kɾipˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kɾipˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

escriptura f (plural escriptures)

1. writing (art)
2. writing (something written)
3. Scripture

Derived terms

• escriptural
• escripturar
• escripturari
• escripturista

Related terms

• escriure
• escriptor

References

• “escriptura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

escriptura

1. inflection of escripturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• scriptura

Etymology

From Latin scriptūra. Perhaps semi-learned or partially re-Latinized in spelling.

Noun

escriptura f (oblique plural escripturas, nominative singular escriptura, nominative plural escripturas)

1. scripture
2. (Christianity) The Scripture (the Christian Bible)

Descendants

• Occitan: escritura

Portuguese

Noun

escriptura f (plural escripturas)

1. Obsolete spelling of escritura.

Spanish

Noun

escriptura f (plural escripturas)

1. Obsolete spelling of escritura.

Further reading

• “escriptura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10