scribe
French, noun/skʁib/
scribe is spelled S-C-R-I-B-E (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scribe is a French masculine noun meaning “scribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Copiste, homme employé à faire des écritures”.
What does scribe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescribe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Copiste, homme employé à faire des écritures. 2. Docteur qui enseignait la loi de Moïse au peuple et qui l’interprétait.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of scribe
- scribes plural
- scribesse feminine rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scribe?
- /skʁib/
- \skʁib\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scribe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scribe in French?
scribe appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).