Inscription

Noun

 * 1) Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
 * 2) The text on a coin.
 * 3) Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Adjectives for Inscription
analogous; trilingual; sham; inappropriate; monumental; absorbing; cuneiform; simple; lofty; horizontal; decorative; legible; duplicate; flattering; mural; libelous; hieroglyphical; ominous; effaced.

Verbs for Inscription
bear—; carve—; chisel—; decipher—; engrave—; furnish—; mark—; pen—; place—; study—; survey—; trace—; word—; — adorns; —commemorates; —dedicates; — denotes; —heads—indicates; —records; — reminds.

Thesaurus
acknowledgments, arch, back, back matter, barrow, bastard title, bibliography, booking, boundary stone, brass, burr, bust, cairn, cataloging, catch line, catchword, cenotaph, chiseling, chronicling, colophon, column, contents, contents page, copyright page, coup de plume, cromlech, cross, cross-hatching, cryptography, cup, cyclolith, dedication, demitint, device, dolmen, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, engravement, engraving, engrossment, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entry, epigraph, epitaph, epithet, errata, etch, etching, flyleaf, folio, footstone, fore edge, foreword, front matter, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glyptic, grave, gravestone, graving, half tint, half-title page, hatching, head, headstone, hic jacet, hoarstone, impanelment, imprint, incision, index, indexing, initialing, ink spilling, inkslinging, inscribing, inscript, insertion, introduction, inventorying, leaf, lettering, line, lining, listing, logging, macrography, makeup, marker, marking, matriculation, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, micrography, monolith, monument, motto, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, page, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil driving, pillar, plaque, posting, preface, preliminaries, prize, pyramid, record keeping, recordation, recording, recto, register, registration, registry, reliquary, remembrance, reverso, ribbon, rostral column, running title, score, scoring, scratch, scratching, scrivenery, scrivening, secret writing, shaft, shrine, signature, slash, slashing, slogan, stela, stipple, stippling, stone, stupa, subtitle, table of contents, tablet, tabulation, tag line, tail, testimonial, text, tint, title, title page, tomb, tombstone, tombstone marking, tooling, tope, transcription, transliteration, trim size, trophy, type page, type-cutting, typewriting, typing, verso, watchword, writing

Etymology
From inscriptionem (inscriptio).

Translations

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 * French: inscription
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 * Arabic: نقش
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: légende
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:


 * Czech:
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 * French: dédicace
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:

Noun

 * 1) registration, enrolment
 * 2) inscription

Etymology
From inscriptio:.