"écrire" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /e.kʁiʁ/ Audio: Fr-écrire.ogg [France, Paris]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French escrire, from Old French escrire, escrivre, from Latin scrībere. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|escrire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French escrire, {{inh+|fr|frm|escrire}} Inherited from Middle French escrire, {{inh|fr|fro|escrire}} Old French escrire, {{m|fro|escrivre}} escrivre, {{inh|fr|la|scribo|scrībere}} Latin scrībere Head templates: {{fr-verb}} écrire Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], écrire [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], écrivant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], écrit [participle, past], écris [first-person, indicative, present, singular], écris [indicative, present, second-person, singular], écrit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], écrivons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], écrivez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], écrivent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], écrivais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], écrivais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], écrivait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], écrivions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], écriviez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], écrivaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], écrivis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], écrivis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], écrivit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], écrivîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], écrivîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], écrivirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], écrirai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], écriras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], écrira [future, indicative, singular, third-person], écrirons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], écrirez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], écriront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], écrirais [conditional, first-person, singular], écrirais [conditional, second-person, singular], écrirait [conditional, singular, third-person], écririons [conditional, first-person, plural], écririez [conditional, plural, second-person], écriraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], écrive [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], écrives [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], écrive [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], écrivions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], écriviez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], écrivent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], écrivisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], écrivisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], écrivît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], écrivissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], écrivissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], écrivissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], écris [imperative, second-person, singular], écrivons [first-person, imperative, plural], écrivez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to write Synonyms: composer, correspondre, griffonner, rédiger Derived forms: machine à écrire Related terms: coécrire, écriteau, écritoire, écriture, écrivailler, écrivain, écrivasser
    Sense id: en-écrire-fr-verb-GyIdbR6y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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          "english": "to write letters to his/her friends",
          "text": "écrire des lettres à ses amis",
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        {
          "english": "What do you like? What do you like? To smile a little stupidly, in silence to write a letter.",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Sourire un peu bêtement, en silence écrire une lettre.",
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          "word": "coécrire"
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          "word": "écriteau"
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          "word": "écritoire"
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          "word": "écriture"
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        {
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "coécrire"
    },
    {
      "word": "écriteau"
    },
    {
      "word": "écritoire"
    },
    {
      "word": "écriture"
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French irregular verbs",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "French terms with quotations",
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        "French verbs",
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          "english": "to write letters to his/her friends",
          "text": "écrire des lettres à ses amis",
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        {
          "english": "What do you like? What do you like? To smile a little stupidly, in silence to write a letter.",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Sourire un peu bêtement, en silence écrire une lettre.",
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      "ipa": "/e.kʁiʁ/"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Fr-%C3%A9crire.ogg",
      "tags": [
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}

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