scribe

skʁib
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Translation of scribe into English

Noun, masculine

1.

copiste

Dated
personne dont le métier était de copier des textes à la main
Dated
  • Le scribe médiéval recopiait soigneusement les manuscrits dans le monastère.The medieval scribe carefully copied the manuscripts in the monastery.
2.

religion juive

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docteur de la loi juive qui enseignait et interprétait les textes sacrés
Dated
scribe Jewish scribe
  • Les scribes expliquaient la Torah au peuple dans la synagogue.Scribes explained the Torah to the people in the synagogue.
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Synonyms and analogies of scribe in French

Examples of scribe in a sentence

  • Dans l’Antiquité, les scribes étaient très respectés.
  • Un scribe rédigeait les lois dans l’Antiquité.
  • Le scribe discutait des interprétations avec les rabbins.

Translations of "scribe" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
scriben.

Le scribe ancien insérait habilement le classificateur pour améliorer la compréhension du texte.

The ancient scribe skillfully inserted the determinative to enhance comprehension of the text.

Ce message intègre certaines des expériences d'aujourd'hui de ce scribe.

This message incorporates some of this scribe's experiences today.

scrivenern.

C'est vrai, que le village de scribe, qui sortent de l'eau-de-vie-shop à quatre pattes,

True, the local scrivener, leaving the tavern on all fours,

C'en est fini de toi, le scribe!

You're finished, scrivener!

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Other translations for scribe:

  • clerkn.
  • amanuensisn.
  • copyistn.
  • pencil pushern.

scribe: Examples and translations in context

Les traductions doivent être approuvées par l'auteur et le scribe.

Translations must be approved by the author and the scribe.

Eadfrith était presque certainement le scribe aussi bien que l'artiste.

Eadfrith was almost certainly the scribe as well as the artist.

Il vit dans un monde où le scribe et le griot sont réconciliés.

He lives in a world where the scribe and the griot are reconciled.

Un scribe devait transcrire à la main toute copie de livre ou publication.

A scribe had to handwrite every individual copy of every book or publication.

La sculpture représente un scribe dans une attitude sédative développant son activité principale.

The sculpture represents a scribe in a sedative attitude developing his main activity.

Il dit que tu pourrais devenir scribe.

and that you could make a good scrivener.

Un seul scribe devait pouvoir lui rendre plus de services que douze pêcheurs.

One scribe might be capable of doing Him more service than twelve fishermen.

Le Roi a dicté ce message pour vous à son scribe royal.

The king has dictated this message for you to his royal scribe.

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