English Explanatory Dictionary

glyph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
  2. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
  3. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  4. A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
  5. A vertical groove.
  6. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
  7. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.

Pronunciation

/ɡlɪf/ en-us-glyph.ogg en-au-glyph.ogg

Word forms

glyph glyphs

Etymology

First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).

Synonyms

sort

Related words

ligature

Derived words

adermatoglyphia aglyph agriglyph anaglyph bioglyph dendroglyph dermatoglyph diglyph gallow glyph geoglyph glyphlike glyphography glyphomancy hemiglyph hieroglyph hoboglyph homoglyph interglyph lithoglyph opisthoglyph petroglyph petrosomatoglyph phytoglyphic phytoglyphy proteroglyph solenoglyph triglyph

Translations

Bulgarian: глиф Chinese Mandarin: 字形 Chinese Mandarin: 字體 /字体 Finnish: glyyfi Finnish: kirjoitusmerkki Finnish: symboli French: glyphe Galician: glifo German: Zeichen German: Symbol Hungarian: jel Hungarian: írásjel Hungarian: írásjegy Hungarian: szimbólum Italian: glifo Japanese: 字体 Korean: 자체 Northern Kurdish: glîf Polish: hieroglif Portuguese: glifo Russian: глиф Russian: знак Russian: си́мвол Sindhi: خَطُپارو Spanish: glifo Turkish: glif Turkish: oyma
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