different between inscription vs abecedarium

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nscr?pti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sk??p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: in?scrip?tion

Noun

inscription (countable and uncountable, plural inscriptions)

1. The act of inscribing.
2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
3. The text on a coin.

   Synonym: legend

4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Translations

See also

• epigraph

French

Etymology

From Latin inscr?pti?, inscr?pti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

inscription f (plural inscriptions)

1. registration, enrolment
2. inscription

Related terms

• inscrire

Further reading

• “inscription” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abeced?rium.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi.si?d???.i.?m/

Noun

abecedarium (plural abecedaria)

1. A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
2. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.

Synonyms

• abecedary

Translations

References

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abeced?rius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.be.ke?da?.ri.um/, [äb?k??d?ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t??e?da.ri.um/, [?b?t????d????ium]

Noun

abeced?rium n (genitive abeced?ri? or abeced?r?); second declension

1. alphabet, ABCs
2. accusative singular of abeced?rium
3. vocative singular of abeced?rium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• abeced?ria
• abeced?rius

Descendants

• ? English: abecedarian
• ? Old Irish: apgitir
  • Middle Irish: aibgitir
    • Irish: aibítir
• ? Portuguese: abecedário
• ? Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor

References

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ?ISBN. page 1.