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Scribe

Definitions: Scribe

Scribe

Noun

1. French playwright (1791-1861).

2. Informal terms for journalists.

3. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.

4. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.

Verb

1. Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Scribe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Scribe

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Scribe A text-formatting language by Brian Reid. (1994-12-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Food & Agriculture

A tool for marking trees or round timber by scoring the outer surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Scribe (1 syl.), in the New Testament, means a doctor of the law. Thus, in Matthew xxii. 35, we read, "Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him, Which is the great commandment of the law?" Mark (xii. 28) says, "One of the scribes came and asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?"
In the Old Testament the word is used more widely. Thus Seraiah is called the scribe (secretary) of David (2 Sam. viii. 17); in the Book of Chronicles "Jael the scribe" was an officer in the king's army, who reviewed the troops and called over the muster-roll. Jonathan, Baruch, Gemariah, etc., who were princes, were called scribes. Ezra, however, called "a ready scribe in the law of Moses," accords with the New Testament usage of the word. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Meteorology & Standards

To set out dimensional marks or outlines on a material as a guide for subsequent cutting operations. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

An instrument used by surveyors for marking posts, trees, etc. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Scribe

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

SCRIBE

EnglishScreen interface for bill editingN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Scribe

Synonyms: copyist (n), penman (n), scratch awl (n), scribbler (n), scriber (n), scrivener (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: scratcher (food & agriculture).

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Synonyms within Context: Scribe

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clergy

Prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe.

Recorder

Noun: recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary, register; prothonotary; amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls.

Writing

Writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press; (author).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scribe

English words defined with "Scribe": Augustin Eugene ScribeScribed, Scribing, ScribismThoth, Timber scribe. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Scribe": @BeginAIRCRAFT MECHANIC, ELECTRICAL AND RADIOBELL MAKER, bench-lathe operator, BEVELERCARBON CUTTER, CUTTER, ALUMINUM SHEETDiavolo, die cutter, DIE MAKER, DIE MAKER, ELECTRONIC, DRILL-PRESS SET-UP OPERATOR, RADIAL, DRILL-PRESS SET-UP OPERATOR, RADIAL, TOOL, DRILL-PRESS SET-UP OPERATOR, SINGLE SPINDLEENGINE-LATHE SET-UP OPERATOR, EPITAXIAL REACTOR TECHNICIANGRINDER OPERATOR, TOOLHOOD MAKER, hub cutterINSTRUMENT MAKER, INSTRUMENT-MAKER AND REPAIRER, IRONWORKER-MACHINE OPERATORjig and form makerLAST-MODEL MAKER, lay-out maker, LAY-OUT WORKER II, LOCATION-AND-MEASUREMENT TECHNICIANmachine-tool operator, general, MARKER, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, MATRIX WORKER, mechanical technician, model maker, MODEL MAKER, FLUORESCENT LIGHTINGparts mechanic, PATTERNMAKER, PLASTICS, PHOTO MASK CLEANER, PHOTOGRAPHIC-EQUIPMENT-MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, PLANER SET-UP OPERATOR, TOOL, plug maker, precision grinder, precision-instrument and tool maker, precision-mechanical-instrument maker, PROFILE TRIMMERQUILL DRIVERREFRACTORY-GRINDER OPERATORSAW OPERATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, Seraiah, set-up-operator, tool, Shaphan, SHIPFITTERtechnical-maintenance technician, TOOL-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORWELDER SETTER, RESISTANCE MACHINEZebulun, Tribe of. (references)
Etymologies containing "Scribe": ExceptorPostscriptScribable, Scribatious. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Scribe" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (scribe), Latin (compose, write).

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Modern Usage: Scribe

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Scribe (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scribe

DomainTitle

Books

  • One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'U, Scholar and Scribe (reference)

  • Shakespeare's Scribe (reference)

  • The Art of the Maya Scribe (reference)

  • The Scribe of the Third Testament: A Testimony (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Scribe

Illustrations:
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Sounds Captioned with "Scribe".

PlayCaption
Type; click; transcribe; transcription; record; scribe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Scribe

"Scribe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.03% of the time. "Scribe" is used about 136 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)86.03%11729,823
Lexical Verb (infinitive)8.82%12101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)2.21%3202,518
Noun (proper)1.47%2245,945
Noun (common)1.47%2245,945
                    Total100.00%136N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Scribe

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Scribe".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
SopherethN/ABiblical

Scribe

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: Scribe

Expressions using "Scribe": Augustin Eugene Scribe scribe awl Timber scribe. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Scribe": ex-scribe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scribe

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scribe

87

express scribe

24

scribe hotel paris

12

scribe hotel

11

multi scribe

10

air scribe

8

egyptian scribe

6

scribe skin

5

scribble scribe

5

scribe torah

5

ezra scribe

4

scribe tengwar

4

medieval scribe

4

scribe southern

3

scribe software

3

de scribe

3

scribe village

3

med scribe

3

molding scribe

3

scribe society

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Scribe

Language Translations for "Scribe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shkrues (clerk), shkrimtar (bard, litterateur, penman, Scrivener, writer), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, kick, Mark, note, note down, pencil, post, punch, put down, record, remark, score, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), sekretar (actuary, amanuensis, clerk, draftsman, draughtsman, receptionist, secretary), qatip, kopjues (imitator, tracer). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كاتب (author, clerk, penman, writer), ‏محرر كاتب (clerk, editor), ‏مخطاط (scriber), ‏نساخ (clerk, copyist), ‏ناسخ (amanuensis, copying, pen pusher). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

секретар (actuary, amanuensis, clerk, officer, recorder, registrar, secretary, writer), книжник, журналист (columnist, gazetteer, journalist, knight of the pen, newspaper-man, pressman, publicist), автор (author, creator, enactor, hand, mover, originator, pen, writer), преписвач (amanuensis, copyist, penman), писач на писма, писател (author, pen, penman, writer). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(attached to), 抄写员 (Scribes). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zákoník (code, code of law, law book), písař (writer). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ridsekniv (bark blazer, race, risser, scratcher), ridsejern (bark blazer, hack, race, risser, scratcher), opmærke (lay out, mark, mark out, trace). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ritsmes (bark blazer, marker, race, risser, scratcher), merken (find, indicate, lay out, mark, mark out, marking, notice, perceive, point out, show, spotting, timber marking, trace, tree marking), blesring (bark blazer, marker, race, risser, scratcher), aftekenen (delineate, design, draw, lay out, mark, mark out, trace). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

منشی (Actuary, Characteristic, Clerk, Secretary), کتابت کردن , کاتب نسخه های خطی , حکاکی کردن (Engrave, Inscribe). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

piirrottaa (lay out, mark, mark out, trace), merkitä (denote, imply, indicate, lay out, make a note of, mark, mark out, mean, signify, subscribe, trace, write down), koveli (bark blazer, race, risser, scratcher). (various references)

   

French

  

scribe, tracer (score, scratch), griffe (scratch, scratcher), écrire. (various references)

   

German

  

anreißen (attract, blaze up, draw, lay out, mark, mark out, marking, open, pick, rip, spotting, start, tear, timber marking, to scribe, touch on, trace, tree marking). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γραμματεύσ (clerk), γραφέασ (amanuensis, clerk), γραφεύσ, χαράζω (carve, dawn, dawns, engrave, inscribe, lay out, mark, mark out, trace). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לבלר (clerk, pen pusher, secretary), טפסר (angel, commander, general), סופר (author, scholar, teacher, writer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

írnok (amanuensis, clerk, junior clerk, penman, penmen, scrivener, staff sergeant, writer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scrivano (californian grape rootworm, clerk, Scrivener, western grape rootworm, writer), scriba, tracciare (draw, lay out, mark, mark out, outline, plot, score, scratch, trace, tread), graffietto (bark blazer, race, risser, scratcher), copista (copier, copyist). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

書き役 (copyist), 代書人 (amanuensis), 代書 (amanuensis). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かきやく (copyist), いしょに" (amanuensis), いしょ (amanuensis, sign for another). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

필기사 (Scribes). (various references)

   

Manx

  

screeudeyr (secretary, secretary bird, writer), screeu (document, documentation, inscribe, pen, write, write in). (various references)

   

Maori

  

kai-tuhituhi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ibescray

   

Portuguese

  

traço (character, dash, feature, footmark, footstep, hairline, hairstroke, lay out, line, mark, mark out, scan, score, smack, streak, stroke, trace, track, trait, umbrage, vestige), traçar (construct, delineate, describe, design, draft, draught, draw a conclusion, dribble, map, plane, trace), riscar (blue pencil, Dele, delete, line, run through, score, scratch, strike out), riscador (marker, row marker), marcar (beacon, book, brand, buoy, chalk, crop, define, determine, dial, earmark, feature, mark, mark out, peg, print, read, reserve, show, signalize, stamp, trace), marca (assay stamp, assayer's stamp, brand, brand name, character, flag, guide mark, hallmark, impress, impression, imprint, label, lay out, Mark, mark out, marking, minuend, note, pattern, pock-marked, rubber stamp, saucer-shaped pit, scar, score, seal, spot, stamp, token, trace, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename, trait, Z condition), escriturário (bookkeeper, clerk, copyist, forwarding clerk), escritor (author, penman, scribbler, writer), escriba (doctor, Scrivener), copista (amanuensis, copier, penman, Scrivener), autor (actor, author, claimant, complainant, composer, designer, devisor, former, maker, originator, penmanship, perpetual, prosecuting party, writer), arruela (bark blazer, race, risser, scratcher, washer). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

secretar (amanuenses, amanuensis, clerk, secretary, writer), scriitor (a literary man, author, free lance, knight of the pen, penman, writer), scrib (hack, hack writer, penman, Scrivener), om cu ştiinţã de carte (literate), copist (clerk, copyist, engrosser, law-writer, penman, Scrivener, transcriber). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

размечать (mark off, mark out, scribed, scribes, scribing), книжник, грамотей (scholar), писарь (yeoman), писатель (author, litterateur, man of letters, pen, penman, writer). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sastaviti (assemble, compile, compose, compound, indite, join, piece, put together, seam, sew together), pisar (registrar, scrivener), obeležavati (import, mark, note). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

escriba. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skrivare (clerk, penman, penmen, printer, recorder, recording instrument, recording measuring instrument, writer), skriftlärd. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yazman (amanuensis, clerk, pencil pusher, quill-driver, script girl, secretary), yazar (author, composer, contributor, man of letters, novelist, penman, writer), yazıcı (clerk, printer, Scrivener), kâtip (amanuensis, clerk, pencil pusher, quill-driver, secretary, typist), gazeteci (gazetteer, journalist, legman, news agent, news dealer, news vendor, newsman, newspaperman, pressman, publicist), fakih, çizici ile işaretlemek, çizici (scribe awl, scriber). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

переписувач (amanuensis, copier, copyist, engrosser, penman), переписувати (copy, overwrite, rewrite, transcribe, write out), письменник (author, pen, penman, penner, writer), писати (drive a pen, indite, pen, write). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người viết (inditer, insriber). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ysgrifennydd (secretary). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Scribe

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

dub-sar. (various references)

Akkadian3000 BCE-Modern

†upšarru. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

scriba, scribae, scribam, scribarum, scribas, scribis, scriptor, scriptoris, superscribam. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

scriba. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Scribe

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 12, Verse 32
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen autw o grammateuV kalwV didaskale ep alhqeiaV eipaV oti eiV estin qeoV kai ouk estin alloV plhn autou
Latin405VulgateEt ait illi scriba bene magister in veritate dixisti quia unus est et non est alius praeter eum
Old English990West SaxonÐa cwæð se bokere. lareow wel þuon soðe cwæðe. þæt an god is & nis oðerbuten him.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the scribe seide to hym, Maister, in treuthe thou hast wel seid; for o God is, and ther is noon other, outakun hym;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the Scribe sayde vnto him: well master thou hast sayd ye truthe that ther ys one God and that ther is none but he.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the scribe said to him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is no other but he.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Scribe

LanguageMark Chapter 12, Verse 32
BulgarianИ книжникът Му рече: Превъзходно, Учителю! Ти право каза, че Бог е един; и няма друг освен Него;
CebuanoUg ang escriba miingon kaniya, "Husto kana, Magtutudlo; tinuod ang imong giingon nga ang Dios usa ra, ug nga wala nay lain gawas kaniya;
Chinese那 文 士 對 耶 穌 說 、 夫 子 說 、   神 是 一 位 、 實 在 不 錯 . 除 了 他 以 外 、 再 ' 有 別 的   神 .
CroatianNato æe mu pismoznanac: "Dobro, uèitelju! Po istini si kazao: On je jedini, nema drugoga osim njega.
DanishOg den skriftkloge sagde til ham: "Rigtigt, Mester, og med Sandhed har du sagt, at han er een, og der er ingen anden foruden ham.
DutchEn de schriftgeleerde zeide tot Hem: Meester, Gij hebt wel in der waarheid gezegd, dat er een enig God is, en er is geen ander dan Hij;
FinnishNiin kirjanoppinut sanoi hänelle: "Oikein sanoit, opettaja, totuuden mukaan, että yksi hän on, ja ettei ketään muuta ole, paitsi hän.
FrenchLe scribe lui dit: Bien, maître; tu as dit avec vérité que Dieu est unique, et qu`il n`y en a point d`autre que lui,
GaelicIs thuirt an sgriobhach ris: Is math, a Mhaighistir, a labhair thu an fhirinn, gu bheil aon Dia ann, `s nach eil ann ach e;
GermanUnd der Schriftgelehrte sprach zu ihm: Meister, du hast wahrlich recht geredet; denn es ist ein Gott und ist kein anderer außer ihm.
Haitian CreoleLè sa a, dirèktè lalwa a di li: -Se sa menm, Mèt. Sa ou di a se vre. Met nou an se sèl Bondye ki genyen. Pa gen lòt pase li.
HungarianAkkor monda néki az írástudó: Jól van, Mester, igazán mondád, hogy egy Isten van, és nincsen kívüle más.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu guru agama itu berkata kepada Yesus, "Tepat sekali, Bapak Guru! Memang benar apa yang Bapak katakan: Tuhanlah Allah yang esa, dan tidak ada lagi Allah yang lain.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu kata ahli Taurat itu kepada-Nya, "Ya Guru, amat benarlah segala kata Guru, bahwa Allah itu Esa adanya, dan tiada yang lain, melainkan Allah;
ItalianAllora lo scriba gli disse: «Hai detto bene, Maestro, e secondo verit che Egli è unico e non v'è altri all'infuori di lui;
Korean서 기 관 이 가 로 되 ` 생 님 이 여, 옳 소 이 다 하 나 님 은 한 분 이 시 " 그 외 에 다 른 이 가 없 다 하 말 " 이 참 이 니 이 다
LatvianUn rakstu mâcîtâjs Viòam sacîja: Labi, Mâcîtâj! Tu patiesîbu teici, ka viens ir Dievs, un nav cita, kâ Viòð vien.
MaoriNa ka mea te karaipi ki a ia, he pono, e te Kaiwhakaako, he tika tau korero kotahi tonu ia, a kahore tetahi ko ia anake:
Modern GreekΚαι ειπε προς αυτον ο γραμματευς· Καλως, "ιδασκαλε, αληθως ειπας οτι ειναι εις Θεος, και δεν ειναι αλλος εκτος αυτου·
NorwegianOg den skriftlærde sa til ham: I sannhet, mester! med rette har du sagt at han er én, og at det ikke er nogen annen foruten ham.
PortugueseAo que lhe disse o escriba: Muito bem, Mestre; com verdade disseste que ele é um, e fora dele não há outro;   
RumanianCqrturarul I -a zis: ,,Bine, Knvqyqtorule. Adevqrat ai zis cq Dumnezeu este unul singur, cq nu este altul afarq de El,
RussianлОЙЦОЙЛ УЛБЪБМ еНХ: ИПТПЫП, хЮЙФЕМШ! ЙУФЙОХ УЛБЪБМ фЩ, ЮФП П"ЙО ЕУФШ вПЗ Й ОЕФ ЙОПЗП, ЛТПНЕ еЗП;
ShuarTutai jintintin Tímiayi "Ee, pénkeraiti, Uunta. Nékasmek tame. Chikichík Yus awai, Chíkichkia atsawai.
SpanishEntonces el escriba le dijo: --Bien, Maestro. Has dicho la verdad: Dios es uno, y no hay otro aparte de él;
SwahiliBasi, yule mwalimu wa Sheria akamwambia, "Vyema Mwalimu! Umesema kweli kwamba Mungu ni mmoja tu wala hakuna mwingine ila yeye.
SwedishDå svarade den skriftlärde honom: "Mästare, du har i sanning rätt i vad du säger, att han är en, och att ingen annan är än han.
Thaiฝ่ายธรรมาจารย์คนนั้นทูลพระองค์ว่า ""ีแล้วอาจารย์เจ้าข้า ท่านกล่าวถูกจริงว่าพระเจ้ามีแต่พระองค์เ"ียว และนอกจากพระองค์แล้วพระเจ้าอื่นไม่มีเลย
UkrainianІ сказав Йому книжник: "обре, Учителю! Ти поправді сказав, що Один 'ін, і нема іншого, окрім Нього,
UmaNa'uli' -mi guru agama toei hi Yesus: "Makono mpu'u-di Guru! Makono lia to nu'uli' tetu-e. Pue' Ala bate hadua-na-wadi, uma ria ntani' -na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scribe

Derivations

Words beginning with "Scribe": scribed, scriber, scribers, scribes. (additional references)

Words ending with "Scribe": ascribe, circumscribe, conscribe, describe, inscribe, misdescribe, mistranscribe, overprescribe, oversubscribe, prescribe, proscribe, redescribe, subscribe, superscribe, transcribe. (additional references)

Words containing "Scribe": ascribed, ascribes, circumscribed, circumscribes, conscribed, conscribes, described, describer, describers, describes, inscribed, inscriber, inscribers, inscribes, misdescribed, misdescribes, mistranscribed, mistranscribes, overprescribed, overprescribes, oversubscribed, oversubscribes, prescribed, prescriber, prescribers, prescribes, proscribed, proscriber, proscribers, proscribes, redescribed, redescribes, subscribed, subscriber, subscribers, subscribes, superscribed, superscribes, transcribed, transcriber, transcribers, transcribes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scribe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cribe, escribe, pcprobe, scarabe, Scarabee, Scaraben, Schisbye, scibe, Scraben, scrabo, scragboy, scrib, Scriba, scribbe, scrible, scribo, scrie, scriebe, scrive, Sgriob, shribe, srib, stribe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scribe"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "Scribe" (pronounced skrī"b)
5s k r ī" bascribe, circumscribe, describe, inscribe, oversubscribe, prescribe, proscribe, subscribe, transcribe.
3-r ī" bbribe, tribe.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scribe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-r-s"

-1 letter: bices, biers, birse, bries, cires, cribs, cries, ribes, rices.

-2 letters: bice, bier, bise, brie, bris, cire, crib, cris, ices, ires, rebs, recs, reis, ribs, rice, rise, sice, sire.

-3 letters: bis, cis, ers, ice, ire, reb, rec, rei, res, rib, sec, sei, ser, sib, sic, sir, sri.

-4 letters: be, bi, er, es, is, re, si.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-r-s"
 

+1 letter: ascribe, bickers, birches, caribes, corbies, scribed, scriber, scribes, suberic.

 

+2 letters: aerobics, ascribed, ascribes, becrimes, besmirch, bicornes, bisector, breccias, brickles, bricoles, brioches, brisance, britches, brucines, calibers, calibres, carbides, carbines, climbers, corbeils, crabwise, cribbers, curbside, describe, icebergs, inscribe, microbes, scabbier, scribble, scribers.

 

+3 letters: albicores, backfires, bacterias, bacterins, barbicels, becursing, bedchairs, bernicles, bickerers, bicyclers, birdcages, bisectors, boracites, bracioles, braincase, brattices, brickiest, briefcase, brisances, cabrioles, carabines, carburise, catbriers, chemisorb, cherubims, combiners, conscribe, crabbiest, cribbages, crucibles, crumbiest, crybabies, curbsides, described, describer, describes, firebacks, incumbers, inscribed, inscriber, inscribes, irascible, micawbers, obstetric, prescribe, proscribe, redbricks, republics, ricebirds, rockabies, scarabaei, scribbled, scribbler, scribbles, scrubbier, subscribe, vibrances.

 

+4 letters: abstricted, acerbities, aerobatics, arabicizes, ascribable, backbiters, backslider, bacterizes, bacteroids, barricades, becrusting, bescouring, besmirched, besmirches, bifurcates, biometrics, biospheric, bitcheries, botcheries, brachiates, braincases, branchiest, breadstick, brecciates, breechings, brevetcies, bricolages, briefcases, butcheries, cabdrivers, cabriolets, calibrates, carabiners, carbamides, carbonizes, carburised, carburises, carburizes, cedarbirds, chemisorbs, conscribed, conscribes, corbeilles, corbelings, cowberries, cranesbill, crispbread, crumbliest, describers, describing, fabricates, fiberscope, firebricks, herbicides, iceboaters, imbricates, incurables, inscribers, kickboxers, lubricates, microbeams, microbrews, microbuses, obduracies, obstetrics, presbyopic, prescribed, prescriber, prescribes, proscribed, proscriber, proscribes, recombines, redescribe, rubricates, rudbeckias, scrabblier, scribblers, scrubbiest, seborrheic, silverback, subscribed, subscriber, subscribes, superbitch, transcribe, verbicides, vibrancies.

 

+5 letters: aberrancies, abreactions, abstractive, aerobicizes, backsliders, bacteremias, baronetcies, barricadoes, berascaling, bescorching, bescreening, besmirching, bichromates, bioreactors, birthplaces, blacklister, bootlickers, branchlines, breadsticks, brickfields, bricklayers, brilliances, bronchioles, brucellosis, cabinetries, carabineers, carabineros, carabiniers, celebrities, cerebroside, chemisorbed, cherishable, chifforobes, clofibrates, contributes, copublisher, counterbids, coxcombries, cranberries, cranesbills, crispbreads, crowberries, crumbliness, cybernetics, describable, discardable, discernable, discernible, discernibly, disencumber, disturbance, embraceries, exercisable, fiberoptics, fiberscopes, hackberries, icebreakers, increasable, inscrutable, irrecusable, irrecusably, linebackers, lubricities, meroblastic, microbusses, microprobes, misdescribe, mobocracies, obscurities, obstetrical, obstructive, predicables, presbyopics, prescribers, prescribing, probenecids, proboscides, proboscises, processible, proscribers, putrescible, receivables, redescribed, redescribes, republicans, scrabbliest, serviceable, serviceably, silverbacks, subcurative, subdirector, subliteracy, subscribers, subtractive, superscribe, transcribed, transcriber, transcribes, tuberculins, verbalistic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Scribe


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 72 69 62 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    .-.    ..    -...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01110010 01101001 01100010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#114 &#105 &#98 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0072 0069 0062 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

536984756871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Sounds
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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