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Noun

manuscrit m ‎(plural manuscrits)

1. a manuscript

French

Etymology

1594, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum ‎(“writing by hand”), from Latin manu ‎(ablative of manus ‎(“hand”)) + scriptus ‎(past participle of scribere ‎(“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift ‎(c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit ‎(before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit ‎(before 1300, “manuscript”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nys.kʁi/

Adjective

manuscrit m ‎(feminine singular manuscrite, masculine plural manuscrits, feminine plural manuscrites)

1. manuscript (handwritten, or by extension typewritten)

Noun

manuscrit m ‎(plural manuscrits)

1. a manuscript