"epigraphy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈpɪɡ.ɹə.fi/, [ʔɨˈpʰɪːɡ.ɹə.fiː] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epigraphy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: epigraphies [plural]
Etymology: epigraph + -y. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|epigraph|-y}} epigraph + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} epigraphy (usually uncountable, plural epigraphies)
  1. Inscriptions collectively. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-epigraphy-en-noun-daUsL4n~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 73 27
  2. The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (study of inscriptions): epigrafia [feminine] (Catalan), 金石學 (Chinese Mandarin), 金石学 (jīnshíxué) (Chinese Mandarin), epigrafika [feminine] (Czech), epigrafie [feminine] (Dutch), epigrafia (Finnish), épigraphie [feminine] (French), epigrafía [feminine] (Galician), Epigraphik [feminine] (German), επιγραφική (epigrafikí) [feminine] (Greek), 金石学 (kinsekigaku) (alt: きんせきがく) (Japanese), អភិលេខន៍ (ak phi lekh) (Khmer), epigrāfika [feminine] (Latvian), epîgrafî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), epigrafia [feminine] (Portuguese), epigrafie [feminine] (Romanian), эпигра́фика (epigráfika) [feminine] (Russian), epigrafía [feminine] (Spanish), yazıt bilimi (Turkish), epigrafi (Turkish), kim thạch học (Vietnamese), minh văn học (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-epigraphy-en-noun-dGZ5fJZD Disambiguation of 'study of inscriptions': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: epigraph, epigrapher, epigraphic, pseudepigraphy

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "word": "金石学"
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