escrivan

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan escrivan, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, accusative of *scrība, from Latin scriba, with altered declension. Compare Catalan escrivà, French écrivain, Italian scrivano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskɾiˈβa/
  • (Provençal) IPA(key): /eskʁiˈvãⁿ/
  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

escrivan m (plural escrivans, feminine escrivana, feminine plural escrivanas)

  1. writer (person who writes, often professionally)
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