inscription

inscription

Mots écrits, imprimés ou gravés sur un objet, souvent pour laisser un nom ou un message.

En anglais simple : Words written, printed, or cut into an object, often to record a name or message.

• The inscription gives her name.
• We read the inscription on the stone.
• He wrote a personal inscription inside the book.

Comment l'utiliser : inscription on something (The inscription on the ring was hard to read.)

Synonymes : engraving, dedication

Expressions courantes : read an inscription, inscription on something, carved inscription, stone inscription

inscription, légende

Mots ou lettres imprimés ou frappés sur une pièce de monnaie.

En anglais simple : The words or letters printed or pressed into a coin.

• The coin has a short inscription.
• Its inscription names the king who issued it.
• Collectors examined the worn inscriptions on the ancient coins.

Comment l'utiliser : inscription on a coin (The inscription on the coin is in Latin.)

Synonymes : legend

Expressions courantes : coin inscription, latin inscription, inscription on something