"glyph" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɪf/ Audio: en-us-glyph.ogg [US], en-au-glyph.ogg [Australia] Forms: glyphs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: First attested in 1727. From French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|glyphe}} French glyphe, {{der|en|grc|γλυφή||carving}} Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), {{m|grc|γλύφω||I carve, engrave}} γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} glyph (plural glyphs)
  1. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-6H4EPytJ
  2. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
    Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-Js-bXovq
  3. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information. Translations (non-verbal symbol imparting information): symboli (Finnish), خَطُپارو (Sindhi)
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-eWom1I~N Disambiguation of 'non-verbal symbol imparting information': 3 9 61 9 2 11 6
  4. (typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style. Categories (topical): Computing, Typography Translations (graphic representation of a character): символ (simvol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), glif [masculine] (Catalan), schriftteken [neuter] (Dutch), signobildo (Esperanto), glyyfi (Finnish), Glyphe [feminine] (German), γλύφος (glýfos) [masculine] (Greek), íráselem (Hungarian), глиф (glif) [masculine] (Russian), خَطُپارو (Sindhi), glifo [masculine] (Spanish), ký tự (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-TrnFBxIs Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences, typography Disambiguation of 'graphic representation of a character': 8 8 2 68 5 9 1
  5. (architecture) A vertical groove. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (vertical groove): véset (Hungarian), horony (Hungarian), gliphé (Hungarian), rovátkoló díszítés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-pyp7Jw1r Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'vertical groove': 3 3 1 2 86 3 1
  6. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths, Snails
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-FIx-lkNQ Disambiguation of Noctuoid moths: 4 9 10 6 6 35 29 Disambiguation of Snails: 4 10 10 6 6 53 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 15 13 4 40 14
  7. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha. Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-xJJHdMt9 Disambiguation of Noctuoid moths: 4 9 10 6 6 35 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sort [typography, publishing, media] Derived forms: dendroglyph, geoglyph, homoglyph Related terms: anaglyph, diglyph, hieroglyph, petroglyph, triglyph, ligature Translations (carved relief representing a sound, word or idea): глиф (glif) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 字形 (zìxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 字體 (Chinese Mandarin), 字体 (zìtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), glyyfi (Finnish), kirjoitusmerkki (Finnish), symboli (Finnish), glifo [masculine] (Galician), Zeichen [neuter] (German), Symbol [neuter] (German), jel (Hungarian), írásjel (Hungarian), írásjegy (Hungarian), szimbólum (Hungarian), glifo [masculine] (Italian), 字体 (jitai) (alt: じたい) (Japanese), 자체 (jache) (Korean), glîf (Northern Kurdish), hieroglif [masculine] (Polish), glifo [masculine] (Portuguese), глиф (glif) [masculine] (Russian), знак (znak) [masculine] (Russian), си́мвол (símvol) [masculine] (Russian), خَطُپارو (Sindhi), glifo [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'carved relief representing a sound, word or idea': 43 43 1 3 5 4 1

Inflected forms

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}
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glif",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìxíng",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "字形"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "字體"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìtǐ",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "字体"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "glyyfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "kirjoitusmerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "symboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Symbol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "jel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "írásjel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "írásjegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "szimbólum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glifo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitai",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "字体"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jache",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "자체"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "glîf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hieroglif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glif",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "símvol",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "си́мвол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "word": "خَطُپارو"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "carved relief representing a sound, word or idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glifo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "non-verbal symbol imparting information",
      "word": "symboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "non-verbal symbol imparting information",
      "word": "خَطُپارو"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "simvol",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "символ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glif"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schriftteken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "word": "signobildo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "word": "glyyfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Glyphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "glýfos",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γλύφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "word": "íráselem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glif",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "word": "خَطُپارو"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "graphic representation of a character",
      "word": "ký tự"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical groove",
      "word": "véset"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical groove",
      "word": "horony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical groove",
      "word": "gliphé"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical groove",
      "word": "rovátkoló díszítés"
    }
  ],
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    "glyph"
  ],
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}

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