scrivere

scrivere

Italian

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin scrībere.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈskri.ve.re/
    • Audio:(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. (ambitransitive) 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. (archaic or literary) to ascribe, to attribute
        Synonyms: ascrivere, attribuire
      3. (archaic) to draft
        Synonym: arruolare

    Conjugation

    Further reading

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

    Neapolitan

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin scrībere.

    Pronunciation

    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈʃkriːvərə]
    • (numerous dialects) IPA(key): [ˈʃkriːvə], [ˈskriːvə]

    Verb

    scrivere

    1. write
      Quase tutte 'e sustantive napulitane se scrivono cu 'a lettera piccerella, eccetto 'e nomme 'e perzona e 'e puoste.
      Almost all the nouns in Neapolitan are written with small letters, except the names of persons and places.

    References

    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1662: “scrivere; scritto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it