"calligram" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæl.ɪˌɡɹæm/ Audio: en-us-calligram.ogg [US], en-au-calligram.ogg [Australia] Forms: calligrams [plural]
Etymology: From French calligramme. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|calligramme}} French calligramme Head templates: {{en-noun}} calligram (plural calligrams)
  1. A word, phrase or longer text in which the typeface or the layout has some special significance. Synonyms: carmen figuratum, figure poem Translations (text in which the layout has special significance): calligramme [masculine] (French), Figurengedicht [neuter] (German), Bildgedicht [neuter] (German), Kalligramm [neuter] (German), calligramma [masculine] (Italian), caligrama [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-calligram-en-noun-coCE04e~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'text in which the layout has special significance': 96 4
  2. A signature made from interwoven Arabic words.
    Sense id: en-calligram-en-noun-CyM69Nuj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: logogram, ideogram

Inflected forms

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