inscrivere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inscribo, inscribere. A doublet of iscrivere, which lost the n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈskri.ve.re/
• Rhymes: -ivere

Verb

inscrìvere (first-person singular present inscrìvo, first-person singular past historic inscrìssi, past participle inscrìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (geometry) to inscribe (a shape) (to draw a figure inside another)
2. (uncommon) to inscribe (a text); to engrave

   Synonym: (more common) iscrivere

Antonyms

• (draw inside a shape): circoscrivere

Anagrams

• iscriverne, reinscrive