Noun: écrivain
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | écrivain |
| Singular f | écrivaine |
| Plural m | écrivains |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like écrivain
Nigérian,
savant,
soldat,
publiant,
Colombard,
Auvergnat,
Manitobain,
Sahraoui,
youpin,
adjutant-chef,
retraité,
bien-pensant,
plaisantin,
bourrin,
bougnat,
viandard,
survivant,
Dominicain,
coaccusé,
bagnard, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from Latin scrība, with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, Catalan escrivà, Italian scrivano, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scribe, a borrowing. See: Latin Nouns '
scrība', Catalan Nouns '
escrivà', Italian Nouns '
scrivano', Spanish Nouns '
escribano'.
Verbs referencing "écrivain"
Italian Nouns
scrivano.
Translations