inscribe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inscribĕre, from in (“upon”) and scribĕre (“to write”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
Rhymes: -aɪb

Verb

inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)

(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
I inscribed my name into the book.
(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Synonyms

enwrite, inwrite

Related terms

inscription
circumscribe
-scribe

Translations

to write or cut words onto something

Catalan: inscriure (ca)
Finnish: kaivertaa (fi)
French: graver (fr)
German: beschriften (de)
Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃‎ (biti-)

Romanian: inscripționa, înscrie (ro), grava (ro)
Russian: начертать (ru) (načertatʹ)
Spanish: inscribir (es)
Turkish: yazmak (tr), kazımak (tr)

to draw a circle, sphere

Catalan: inscriure (ca)
Czech: vepsat

Romanian: înscrie (ro)

Latin

Verb

īnscrībe

second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō

Spanish

Verb

inscribe

Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inscribir.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inscribir.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of inscribir.