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escritoire

UK/ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː//ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/

escritoire noun: a writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.

escritoire: a writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface
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Noun

escritoire (plural escritoires)

  1. A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
    • To surprise him, by finding on his table the books he liked, or the escritoire he had occasion for, gave Louisa the most delightful moments life had hitherto afforded her;...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC...
    • Fine promenades, domed saloons, long galleries, sunny balconies, confidential passages, bridal chambers, state-rooms plenty as pigeon-holes, and out-of-the-way retreats like secret drawers in an escritoire, present like facilities for publicity or privacy.1857 April 1, Herman Melville, chapter II, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, New York, N.Y.: Dix, Edwards & Co., […], →OCLC

escritoire meaning in Tamil

escritoire in Tamil

சாய்வான எழுதுமிசை

Synonyms of escritoire

Forms of escritoire

pluralescritoires
alternative form (obsolete)scrutoire
alternative form (obsolete)scrutore

Origin of escritoire

From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.

Questions about escritoire

What does escritoire mean?
Escritoire means a writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
What is escritoire in Tamil?
Escritoire in Tamil is சாய்வான எழுதுமிசை. See Escritoire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is escritoire?
Escritoire is a noun.
How do you pronounce escritoire?
Escritoire is pronounced /ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of escritoire?
The plural of escritoire is escritoires.

Words near escritoire in the dictionary

  1. escribing
  2. Escrick
  3. escrima
  4. escript
  5. escripts
  6. escritoire
  7. escritoires
  8. escritorial
  9. escroc
  10. escrocs
  11. escrod

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Adapted from Wiktionary: escritoire (page history and authors); escritoire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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