In other languages: письменник (Ukrainian), Schriftsteller (German), écrivain (French), escritor (Spanish), pisarz (Polish).
Albanian
shkrimtar
Also: autor, shkrimtare
Arabic
كاتبkātib
Also: كاتبة, مؤلف
Armenian
գրողgroġ
Asturian
escritor
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Azerbaijani
yazıçı
Basque
idazle
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Belarusian
пісьменнікpisʹmjénnik
Also: аўтар, пісьменніца
Bosnian
pisac≈
Also: autor, spisateljica
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Bulgarian
писателpisátel
Also: автор, писателка
Catalan
escriptor
Also: escriptora
Crimean Tatar
müellif
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Croatian
pisac≈
Also: autor, spisateljica
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Czech
spisovatel
Also: autor, spisovatelka
Danish
forfatter
Dutch
schrijver
Also: auteur, schrijfster
English
writer/ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Estonian
kirjanik
Finnish
kirjoittaja
Also: kirjailija
French
écrivain
Also: auteur, écrivaine
Friulian
scritôr
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Galician
escritor
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Georgian
მწერალიmc̣erali
Also: ჭარუ
German
Schriftsteller
Also: Autor, Schriftstellerin
Greek
συγγραφέαςsyngraféas
Hebrew
כּוֹתֵבkotév
Also: מְחַבֵּר, סוֹפֵר
Hindi
लेखकlekhak
Also: लेखिका, साहित्यकार
Hungarian
író
Also: írónő
Icelandic
rithöfundur
Irish
scríbhneoir
Italian
scrittore
Also: autore, scrittrice
Japanese
著者chosha
Also: 作家, 筆者
Kashubian
pisôrz
Also: pisôrka
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Kazakh
жазушыjazuwšı
Korean
저자jeoja
Also: 작가, 필자
Kyrgyz
жазуучуjazuucu
Latin
scriptor
Also: scriptrix
Latvian
rakstnieks
Also: autors, rakstniece
Ligurian
scritô
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Lithuanian
rašytojas
Also: autorius, rašytoja
Luxembourgish
Schrëftsteller
Also: Auteur
Macedonian
писателpisatel
Also: автор, писателка
Maltese
kittieb
Also: kittieba
Mongolian
зохиолчzoxiolč
Also: бичээч, ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠯᠴᠢ
Norwegian Bokmål
forfatter
Also: skribent
Occitan
escrivan
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Polish
pisarz
Also: autor, pisarka
Portuguese
escritor
Also: escritora
Romanian
scriitor
Also: autor de cărți, scriitoare
Romansh
scriptur
Also: scrivent, sriptura
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Russian
писательpisátelʹ
Also: автор, писательница
Scottish Gaelic
sgrìobhadair
Also: sgrìobhaiche
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Serbian
писац
Also: аутор, списатељица
Silesian
pisŏrz
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Slovak
spisovateľ
Also: autor, spisovateľka
Slovene
pisatelj
Also: pisateljica, pisec
Spanish
escritor
Also: escritora
Swedish
skribent
Also: författare, skriftställare
Tajik
нависандаnavisanda
Turkish
yazar
Also: müellif, yazıcı
Turkmen
ýazyjy
Ukrainian
письменникpysʹménnyk
Also: автор, письменниця
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Upper Sorbian
spisowaćel
Also: spisowaćelka
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Uzbek
yozuvchi
Walloon
scrijheu
Also: scrijheuse
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Welsh
ysgrifennwr
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