"writing system" meaning in English

See writing system in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: writing systems [plural]
Etymology: From writing + system. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|writing|system}} writing + system Head templates: {{en-noun}} writing system (plural writing systems)
  1. (linguistics) A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Writing Synonyms (system for writing one or more languages): script Translations (system for writing one or more languages): пи́сменост (písmenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 書寫系統 (Chinese Mandarin), 书写系统 (shūxiě xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 文字 (wénzì) (Chinese Mandarin), skribsistemo (Esperanto), kirjoitusjärjestelmä (Finnish), système d’écriture [masculine] (French), écriture [feminine] (French), пи́сьменность (písʹmennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), письмо́ (pisʹmó) [neuter] (Russian), yazı dizgesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-writing_system-en-noun-rGSots1a Disambiguation of Writing: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 69 31 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'system for writing one or more languages': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'system for writing one or more languages': 83 17
  2. (linguistics, specifically) The basic type of a system for writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic writing. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (basic type of system for writing languages): 書寫系統 (Chinese Mandarin), 书写系统 (shūxiě xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 文字 (wénzì) (Chinese Mandarin), kirjoitusjärjestelmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-writing_system-en-noun-alptXR7m Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'basic type of system for writing languages': 34 66

Inflected forms

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