scrivere

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin scrībere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskri.ve.re/
  • (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. (transitive, intransitive) 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. (obsolete or literary) to ascribe, to attribute
      Synonyms: ascrivere, attribuire
    3. (obsolete) 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
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