hieroglyph
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
- In particular, an Egyptian hieroglyph.
- Any obscure or baffling symbol.
verb
- To represent by hieroglyphs.
Pronunciation
/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/
/ˈhaɪ.ɹəʊˌɡlɪf/
/ˈhaɪɚ.əˌɡlɪf/
/ˈhaɪɚ.oʊˌɡlɪf/
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Word forms
hieroglyph
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphing
hieroglyphed
Etymology
First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”), nTr-md. By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph.
Translations
Afrikaans: hiëroglief
Albanian: hieroglif
Arabic: هِيرُوغْلِيفِيَّة
Armenian: հիերոգլիֆ
Asturian: xeroglíficu
Azerbaijani: heroqlif
Belarusian: іеро́гліф
Belarusian: геро́гліф
Bengali: হায়ারোগ্লিফ
Bulgarian: йерогли́ф
Burmese: အရုပ်စာ
Catalan: jeroglífic
Chinese Mandarin: 象形文字
Chinese Mandarin: 圖畫文字 /图画文字
Chinese Mandarin: 聖書體 /圣书体
Czech: hieroglyf
Danish: hieroglyf
Dutch: hiëroglief
Esperanto: hieroglifo
Estonian: hieroglüüf
Finnish: hieroglyfi
French: hiéroglyphe
West-Frisian: hiëroglyf
Galician: xeróglifo
Galician: xeroglífico
Georgian: იეროგლიფი
German: Hieroglyphe
Greek: ιερογλυφικός
Hawaiian: lalinoka
Hebrew: הִירוֹגְלִיף
Hindi: हीयेरोग्लिफ़
Hungarian: hieroglifa
Indonesian: hieroglif
Irish: iairiglif
Italian: geroglifico
Japanese: 象形文字
Japanese: ヒエログリフ
Japanese: 聖刻
Kazakh: иероглиф
Khmer: វត្ថុលេខនា
Korean: 상형문자
Korean: 히에로글리프
Kyrgyz: иероглиф
Latvian: hieroglifs
Lithuanian: hieroglifas
Macedonian: хиероглиф
Malay: hieroglif
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