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From Middle English writing writyng wryting wrytyng Old English wrīting ( “ writing ” ) , equivalent to write -ing
writing (countable and uncountable plural writings
( uncountable ) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2003 The Origin and the Development of the Chinese Writing System , page 14 :Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech [ …] , to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.
2017 Climate Change and the Health of Nations , →ISBN 115 :Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.
( countable ) written , such as a document , article or book .( uncountable ) representing a language with symbols or letters.( countable ) work of an author .
Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing . ( countable ) I can't read your writing .
( as a modifier ) Intended for or used in writing.
a writing table ( written letters or symbols that express some meaning ) : text ( something written ) : document , manuscript , text ( work of an author ) : work ( the style of writing of a person ) : hand , handwriting ( intended for or used in writing ) : alphabet , character , ideogram , logogram , pictogram , script , syllabary , writing system written letters or symbols
Afrikaans: skryfwerk
Albanian: shkrim (sq) m
Amharic: መጻፍ ( mäṣaf )
Arabic: كِتَابَة f ( kitāba )
Egyptian Arabic: كتابة f ( ketāba )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: כתבא m ( ktābā, ktobo )
Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ m ( ktābā, ktobo )
Armenian: գիր (hy) ( gir ) , գրելը ( grelə ) , գրություն (hy) ( grutʻyun )
Aromanian: scriari f scriiturã f
Azerbaijani: yazı (az)
Bashkir: яҙма ( yaźma )
Basque: idazketa
Belarusian: пісьмо́ n ( pisʹmó ) , пі́сьменнасць f ( písʹmjennascʹ )
Bengali: লিখন (bn) ( likhon )
Breton: skritur f
Bulgarian: пи́сане n ( písane ) , пи́сменост (bg) f ( písmenost )
Burmese: အရေးအသား (my) ( a.re:a.sa: )
Catalan: escriptura (ca) f
Central Sierra Miwok: sykýˀ-ja-
Chechen: йаздар ( jazdar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文字 (zh) ( wénzì )
Czech: písmo (cs) n
Danish: skrift (da) c
Dutch: schrift (nl) n schrijfsel (nl) n geschrift (nl) n
Egyptian: (zẖꜣ
Esperanto: skribo
Estonian: kiri (et)
Finnish: kirjoitus (fi)
French: écriture (fr) f
Friulian: scriture f
Galician: escrita f
Georgian: წერა (ka) ( c̣era )
German: Schrift (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 n ( mēl )
Greek: γραφή (el) f ( grafí )
Ancient: γραφή f ( graphḗ )
Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה (he) f ( ktivá )
Hindi: लेखन (hi) m ( lekhan ) , लिखाई (hi) f ( likhāī )
Hungarian: írás (hu)
Icelandic: skrift (is) f
Ido: skribado (io)
Indonesian: tulisan (id)
Irish: scríbhneoireacht f
Italian: scrittura (it) f
Japanese: 筆記 (ja) ( ひっき, hikki ) , 文字 (ja) ( もんじ, monji, もじ, moji )
Kannada: ಬರವಣಿಗೆ (kn) ( baravaṇige )
Kapampangan: pamagsulat pamanyulat
Kazakh: жазу (kk) ( jazu )
Khmer: ការសរសេរ ( kaa sɑsee )
Korean: 쓰기 (ko) ( sseugi ) , 문자(文字) (ko) ( munja )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوسین ( nusîn )
Kyrgyz: жазуу (ky) ( jazuu )
Lao: ການຂຽນ ( kān khīan )
Latin: scriptum (la) n codex caudex
Latvian: rakstīšana (lv) f
Lithuanian: rašymas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Schrëft f
Macedonian: пишување n ( pišuvanje )
Malay: tulisan (ms) , penulisan (ms)
Malayalam: എഴുത്ത് (ml) ( eḻuttŭ )
Maltese: kitba f
Marathi: लेखन ( lekhan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бичиг (mn) ( bičig )
Norman: êcrituthe f ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skrift (no) f
Nynorsk: skrift (nn) f
Ottoman Turkish: یازی ( yazı )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نِوِشْتِه (fa) ( nevešte )
Plautdietsch: Schreft f
Polish: pismo (pl) n
Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
Punjabi: ਲਿਖਾਈ ( likhāī )
Quechua: qillqa (qu)
Romanian: scriere (ro) f
Russian: пи́сьменность (ru) f ( písʹmennostʹ ) , письмо́ (ru) n ( pisʹmó )
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: писање n
Roman: pisanje (sh) n
Slovak: písmo n písanie f
Slovene: pisava (sl) f
Spanish: escritura (es) f escriptura f ( disused )
Swahili: andiko (sw) class ma
Swedish: skrivkonst (sv) c skrift (sv) c
Tamil: எழுத்து (ta) ( eḻuttu ) , எழுதுதல் (ta) ( eḻututal )
Telugu: రాత (te) ( rāta )
Thai: การเขียน (th) ( gaan-kǐian )
Tuoba: 地何 ( *dɪʁa )
Turkish: yazı (tr)
Ukrainian: писе́мність f ( pysémnistʹ ) , письмо́ n ( pysʹmó )
Urdu: لیکَھن m ( lekhan )
Uyghur: يېزىق ( yëziq )
Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: chữ viết (vi)
Welsh: ysgrifen (cy) f
Yiddish: שריפֿט f ( shrift )
Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib
something written
Acehnese: teunuléh
Albanian: shkrim (sq) m
Arabic: كِتَابَة f ( kitāba )
Egyptian Arabic: كتابة f ( ketāba )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: כתבא m ( ktābā, ktobo )
Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ m ( ktābā, ktobo )
Armenian: գրություն (hy) ( grutʻyun )
Aromanian: scriari f scriiturã f
Bashkir: яҙма ( yaźma )
Bulgarian: писа́ние (bg) n ( pisánie ) , на́дпис (bg) m ( nádpis )
Czech: spis (cs) m
Dutch: schrijfsel (nl) n geschrift (nl) n
Esperanto: skribaĵo
Estonian: kirjutis
Finnish: kirjoitus (fi)
French: écrit (fr) m
Friulian: scriture f
German: Schrift (de) f Schriftstück (de) n
Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 f ( bōka )
Greek: γραπτό (el) f ( graptó ) , έγγραφο (el) n ( éngrafo )
Ancient: γραφή f ( graphḗ ) , δέλτος f ( déltos )
Hebrew: כְּתוּבִים (he) m pl ( ktuvím )
Hindi:, लिखित (hi) ( likhit ) , लेख (hi) m ( lekh )
Hungarian: írás (hu)
Indonesian: tulisan (id)
Latin: scriptum (la) n
Malay: tulisan (ms)
Marathi: लेखन n ( lekhan )
Norman: êcrithie f ( Jersey )
Ottoman Turkish: یازی ( yazı )
Plautdietsch: Schreft f
Polish: napis (pl) m
Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
Romanian: scriere (ro) f scriitură (ro) f
Russian: писа́ние (ru) n ( pisánije ) , за́пись (ru) f ( zápisʹ ) , на́дпись (ru) f ( nádpisʹ )
Slovene: zapis m
Spanish: escrito (es) m escritura (es) f escripto (es) m ( disused ) , escriptura f ( disused )
Swahili: maandiko (sw) class ma
Turkish: yazı (tr)
Ukrainian: писа́ння n ( pysánnja )
Welsh: ysgrif (cy)
Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib
process of representing a language
Arabic: كِتَابَة f ( kitāba )
Bashkir: яҙыу ( yaźıw )
Belarusian: піса́нне n ( pisánnje ) , піса́ньне n ( pisánʹnje ) , пісьмо́ n ( pisʹmó )
Bulgarian: пи́сане n ( písane )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寫作 / 写作 (zh) ( xiězuò )
Czech: psaní (cs) n
Dutch: geschrijf (nl) n schrijven (nl) n
Estonian: kirjutamine (et)
Finnish: kirjoittaminen (fi)
French: écriture (fr) f
German: Schreiben (de) n ( only idiomatic ) Schrift (de) f
Greek: γραφή (el) f ( grafí )
Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה (he) f ( ktivá )
Hungarian: írás (hu)
Indonesian: penulisan (id) , kepenulisan
Interlingua: scriptura
Japanese: 書くこと (ja) ( かくこと, kaku koto ) , ライティング (ja) ( raitingu ) , 執筆 (ja) ( しっぴつ, shippitsu ) ( professional )
Korean: 쓰기 (ko) ( sseugi ) , 적기 (ko) ( jeokgi ) , 집필(執筆) (ko) ( jip'pil ) ( professional )
Ladino:
Latin: eskritura f
Latin: scriptūra (la) f
Luganda: okuwandiika
Macedonian: пишување n ( pišuvanje )
Norman: êcrituthe f ( Jersey )
Ottoman Turkish: یازی ( yazı )
Polish: pisanie (pl) n
Portuguese: escrita (pt) f
Romanian: scris (ro)
Russian: писа́ние (ru) n ( pisánije ) , письмо́ (ru) n ( pisʹmó )
Slovak: písanie n
Slovene: pisanje n
Spanish: escritura (es) f escriptura f ( disused )
Swahili: maandiko (sw) class ma , uandikaji
Tagalog: panulatan
Turkish: yazı (tr)
Ukrainian: письмо́ n ( pysʹmó ) , писа́ння n ( pysánnja )
Võro: kirotaminõ
work of an author
Albanian: vepër (sq) f
Bashkir: әҫәр ( əśər )
Belarusian: твор m ( tvor )
Bulgarian: произведе́ние (bg) n ( proizvedénie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寫作 / 写作 (zh) ( xiězuò ) , 著作 (zh) ( zhùzuò )
Czech: spis (cs) m
Dutch: schrijfsel (nl) n werk (nl) n oeuvre (nl) n
Estonian: kirjutis kirjatöö teos
Finnish: kirjoitus (fi) , teos (fi)
French: œuvre (fr) f
German: Schrift (de) f Arbeit (de) f Werk (de) n
Greek: έργο (el) n ( érgo )
Hindi: रचना (hi) f ( racnā ) , लेख (hi) ( lekh )
Indonesian: tulisan (id) , karangan (id)
Japanese: 著作 (ja) ( ちょさく, chosaku )
Korean: 저작(著作) (ko) ( jeojak )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوسین ( nusîn )
Polish: utwór (pl) m dzieło (pl) n
Portuguese: obra (pt) f
Russian: ( литерату́рное ) произведе́ние (ru) n ( proizvedénije )
Spanish: escrito (es) m escritura (es) f escripto (es) m ( disused ) , escriptura f ( disused )
Swahili: maandiko (sw) class ma
Telugu: రచన (te) ( racana ) ( usually plural ) , రచనలు ( racanalu )
Turkish: yazı (tr)
Ukrainian: твір (uk) m ( tvir )
made for or used in writing
From Middle English writinge wrytynge writende writand Old English wrītende Old English wrītan ( “ to scratch, carve, write ” ) , equivalent to write -ing
writing
present participle and gerund of write 2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain)
What are you doing? ― Um, I’m writing . ― You are writing ! You are writing a lot!
