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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɪf/ Audio: en-us-glyph.ogg , en-au-glyph.ogg Forms: glyphs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|glyphe}} Borrowed from French glyphe, {{der|en|grc|γλυφή|t=carving}} Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) 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': 2 9 55 10 3 12 8
  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 67 6 8 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': 4 4 1 2 86 2 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: 3 8 10 6 4 46 23 Disambiguation of Snails: 4 10 12 7 5 49 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sindhi translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 15 13 3 40 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 8 10 6 4 58 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 7 13 10 6 43 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 13 15 8 2 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 15 10 8 8 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 17 10 8 4 42 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 12 12 7 6 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 18 10 7 3 46 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 15 10 8 4 47 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 11 12 6 7 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 16 11 9 5 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 12 13 7 5 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 9 10 18 5 46 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 13 9 19 4 40 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 11 12 6 4 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 11 12 6 4 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 17 10 8 4 42 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 13 9 11 8 46 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 1 13 11 6 2 54 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 15 10 12 6 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 17 10 9 4 42 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 11 12 6 4 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Sindhi translations: 4 14 11 6 5 45 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 10 12 9 4 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 5 16 10 8 4 45 12
  7. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.
    Sense id: en-glyph-en-noun-xJJHdMt9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sort [typography, publishing, media] Related terms: 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)

Inflected forms

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      "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"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "glyph"
  ],
  "word": "glyph"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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