scriptorium
French, noun/skʁip.tɔ.ʁjɔm/
scriptorium is spelled S-C-R-I-P-T-O-R-I-U-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scriptorium is a French masculine noun meaning “a scriptorium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Au Moyen Âge, atelier d’écriture et d’enluminure d’un monastère”.
What does scriptorium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea scriptorium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Au Moyen Âge, atelier d’écriture et d’enluminure d’un monastère.
noun: 1. Espace de discussion entre wikisourciers.
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 scriptorium
- scriptoria plural
- scriptoriums plural
- Scriptoriums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scriptorium?
- /skʁip.tɔ.ʁjɔm/
- \skʁip.tɔ.ʁjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scriptorium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scriptorium in French?
scriptorium appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).