Recorded since 1597, from medieval Latinmanuscriptum ‘writing by hand’, from Latinmanu (the ablative of manus ‘hand’) + scriptus (the past participle of scribere ‘to write’)
Which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction
Translations[]
handwritten, or by extension typewritten
Dutch: handgeschreven, geschreven
French: manuscritfr(fr)
Greek: χειρόγραφοel(el) (cheirógrafo) n.
Italian: manoscrittoit(it)
Japanese: 手書きのja(ja)
Portuguese: manuscritopt(pt)
Spanish: manuscritoes(es)m.
Noun[]
Singular Manuscript
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A book, composition or any other document, (type)written by hand, not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
Russian: рукописьru(ru) (rúkopis’) f., манускриптru(ru) (manuskrípt) m.
Scottish Gaelic: làmh-sgrìobhainngd(gd)f.
Swedish: manuskriptsv(sv)
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