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Definition: Superscription |
SuperscriptionNoun1. An inscription written above something else. 2. The activity of superscribing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "superscription" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
Etymology: Superscription \Su`per*scrip"tion\, noun. [Latin expression superscriptio. See Superscribe.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement. |
Writing | Transcription; (copy); inscription; (record); superscription; (indication); graphology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Superscription |
| English words defined with "superscription": Moniment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "superscription": Achish. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "superscription": tilde. (references) |
| "Superscription" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Superscription" is used about 4 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "superscription"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkrim në krye. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عنوان رسالة, شىء منقوش فوق شيء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надпис (epigraph, heading, inscription, label, legend, lettering, notice, scripture, title), адрес (address, allocution, direction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nadpis (caption, heading, headline, inscription, superscript, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | opschrift (caption, descriptive marking, fascia, fascia board, front strip, head, header, heading, headline, placard, stamp, title), hoofd (boss, chief, column, head, header, pate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | surskribo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suscription, inscription (supplementary service registration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Überschrift (caption, heading, headline, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιγραφή (docket, inscription, label, sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felirat (caption, epigraph, inscription, label, lettering, petition, remonstrance, subtitle, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 書 (above-mentioned), 上書き (address). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うわがき (address), とうしょ (above-mentioned, at first, contribution, islands, letter from a reader, letter to the editor, this office, this place). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kione screeuyn (caption), enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, specify, style, term, terminology, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uperscriptionsay napis. (various references) legenda (cation, label, lawmaker, legend, mot, motto, reading), inscrição (adjustment fire, cartulary, enrollment, enrolment, entry, inscription, lettering, matriculation, record, registry, scripture), endereço (address), cabeçalho (billhead, degree, title). (various references) надпись (circumscription, docket, inscription, inserption, lettering, scripture). (various references) natpis (caption, inscription, legend, scripture, sign, superscript), adresa (address, superscript). (various references) título (address, appellation, brevet, caption, certificate, charter, degree, handgrip, handle, head, header, heading, name, prefix, qualification, right, style, title, titre). (various references) påskrift (endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, inscription, label, signature). (various references) dışındaki yazı, üstündeki yazı, ünvan (appellation, degree, denotation, style, title). (various references) напис (exergue, inscription, writing), адреса (address). (various references) sự viết lên trên chữ viết lên trên, địa chỉ ở phong bì thư. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hn h epigrafh thV aitiaV autou epigegrammenh o basileuV twn ioudaiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et erat titulus causae eius inscriptus rex Iudaeorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & ofer-ge-writ his geltes wæs awriteniudea kyng. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the titil of his cause was writun, Kyng of Jewis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the tytle of his cause was wrytten: The kynge of the Iewes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang sumbong batok kaniya gisulat nga nag-ingon, "Ang Hari sa mga Judio." |
| Chinese | 在 上 面 有 他 的 罪 狀 、 寫 的 是 猶 太 人 的 王 。 |
| Croatian | Bijaše napisan i natpis o njegovoj krivici: "Kralj židovski." |
| Danish | Og Overskriften med Beskyldningen imod ham var påskreven således: "Jødernes Konge". |
| Dutch | En het opschrift Zijner beschuldiging was boven Hem geschreven: DE KONING DER JODEN. |
| Finnish | Ja päällekirjoitukseksi oli merkitty hänen syynsä: "Juutalaisten kuningas". |
| French | L`inscription indiquant le sujet de sa condamnation portait ces mots: Le roi des Juifs. |
| Gaelic | `S bha chuis-dhitidh sgriobhte os a chionn: RIGH NAN IUDHACH. |
| German | Und es war oben über ihm geschrieben was man ihm schuld gab, nämlich: Der König der Juden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di atas salib-Nya dipasang tulisan mengenai tuduhan terhadap-Nya, yaitu: "Raja Orang Yahudi". |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tulisan tuduhan ke atas Dia tertulis di sebelah atas-Nya, yaitu, "Raja orang Yahudi." |
| Italian | E l'iscrizione con il motivo della condanna diceva: Il re dei Giudei. |
| Maori | Ko te mea i whakawakia ai ia i tuhituhia ki runga, KO TE KINGI O NGA HURAI. |
| Norwegian | Og innskriften med klagemålet imot ham lød: Jødenes konge. |
| Portuguese | Por cima dele estava escrito o título da sua acusação: O REI DOS JUDEUS. |
| Rumanian | Deasupra Lui era scrisq vina Lui: ,,Kmpqratul Iudeilor.`` |
| Shuar | Urukamtai Máamuit, Ashí aents nuna nekaawarat tusa, ni Krúsrin ju aarmauyayi: ISRAER SHUARA AKUPNIURI |
| Swahili | Na mshtaka wake ulikuwa umeandikwa: "Mfalme wa Wayahudi." |
| Swedish | Och den överskrift som man hade satt upp över honom, för att angiva vad han var anklagad för, hade denna lydelse: "Judarnas konung." |
| Uma | Hi kaju parika' -na hi ntoto woo' -na, ria ukia' to mpo'uli' napa to rapakilu-ki, hewa toi moni-na: MAGAU' TO YAHUDI. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "superscription": superscriptions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "superscription" (pronounced 'Su`per*scrip"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: prescriptions. | |
-2 letters: prescription. | |
-3 letters: corruptness, precipitous, superscript, supertonics. | |
-4 letters: coinsurers, cousinries, criterions, inspectors, intercrops, intercross, irruptions, isentropic, percussion, pernicious, pinstripes, porcupines, precisions, prescripts, prospectus, recursions, scriptures, scrutinies, scrutinise, superports, supersonic, supertonic, supporters, unstoppers, uppitiness. | |
-5 letters: coinsurer, coinsures, conspires, construes, countries, courtiers, cretinous, crispiest, criterion, croupiers, croupiest, cutinises, eruptions, inceptors, incisures, incorpses, incorrupt, inspector, inspirers, intercrop. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: superscriptions. | |
+4 letters: superminicomputers. | |
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