英和和英

別の表記

• scrutoire, scrutore (廃れた用法)

語源

From French, from escrire, obsolete form of écrire + -oire, indicating a tool or object. Doublet of scriptorium.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/

名詞

escritoire (複数形 escritoires)

1. A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
   • 1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, volume 1, pages 199-200:

     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;...

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 561:

     Rosemary sat at her Public Works Department escritoire, in a sea of fed cats, and tried to write a letter to Vythilingam.

同意語

• bureau, secretary

関連する語

• escritorial