inscription
Syllables: in·scrip·tion/ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/
inscription noun: the act of inscribing.
Noun
inscription (countable and uncountable, plural inscriptions)
- The act of inscribing.
- The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries;2008 June 18, Joint Communiqué, Council of Ministers of Cambodia, page 3
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […]1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
- The text on a coin.
- The coin bears an inscription in Latin.
- Synonyms:
- legend
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
inscription meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inscription in Hindi
- carved text
- शिलालेख śilālekh, अभिलेख abhilekh, उत्कीर्णन utkīrṇan
inscription in Tamil
- carved text
- கல்வெட்டு kalveṭṭu
inscription in Marathi
- inscription
- लेख lekh
inscription in Urdu
- عبارت, کتبہ, نقش, ثبت, تحریر
More languagesFewer languages
- inscription in Bengali
- শিলালিপি, খোদাই করা লেখা, উৎসর্গপত্র
- inscription in Telugu
- శాసనము śāsanamu
- inscription in Malayalam
- ലിഖിതം likhitaṁ, ലേഖനം lēkhanaṁ
- inscription in Kannada
- ಶಾಸನ, ಬರೆಹ, ಲೇಖ, ಕಲ್ಬರಹ
- inscription in Sanskrit
- लिपि lipi
- inscription in Arabic
- نَقْش naqš
- inscription in Persian
- کتیبه katibe
- inscription in Vietnamese
- chữ khắc
Examples of inscription in a sentence
- The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
- The weather has worn away the inscription, and it is no longer legible.
- The anciently written inscriptions in the pyramids can still be read.
Synonyms of inscription
Forms of inscription
| plural | inscriptions |
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Origin of inscription
Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō.
Words formed from inscription
Words that rhyme with inscription
Questions about inscription
- What does inscription mean?
- Inscription means the act of inscribing.
- What is inscription in Hindi?
- Inscription in Hindi is शिलालेख (śilālekh), अभिलेख (abhilekh), उत्कीर्णन (utkīrṇan). See Inscription meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inscription?
- Inscription is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inscription?
- Inscription is pronounced /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/.
- What is the plural of inscription?
- The plural of inscription is inscriptions.
Words near inscription in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inscription (page history and authors); लेख (Marathi) (page history and authors); inscription (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inscription (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శాసనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ലിഖിതം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inscription (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लिपि (Sanskrit) (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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