scribe

1. 1.

   score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

   Broaderscore

Other forms of scribe

plural

scribes·

past tense

scribed·

present participle

scribing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scribe

What does scribe mean?

scribe means "French playwright (1791-1861)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scribe?

scribe has 1 syllable: scribe. In IPA it is /ˈskɹaɪb/.

What is another word for scribe?

Close synonyms include Augustin Eugene Scribe, scribbler, penman, copyist, scrivener. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scribe a common word?

scribe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with scribe?

8 words rhyme with scribe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.