"hieroglyphic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hieroglyphic.wav [US] Forms: more hieroglyphic [comparative], most hieroglyphic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|hiéroglyphique}} French hiéroglyphique, {{der|en|la|hieroglyphicus}} Latin hieroglyphicus, {{der|en|grc|ἱερογλυφικός}} Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), {{m|grc|ἱερογλυφέω||to represent hieroglyphically}} ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), {{m|grc|ἱερός||sacred, holy}} ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”), {{m|grc|γλύφω||to carve, to engrave, to cut out}} γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”), {{surf|en|hiero-|glyphic}} By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic Head templates: {{en-adj}} hieroglyphic (comparative more hieroglyphic, superlative most hieroglyphic)
  1. of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols Translations (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols): jeroglífic (Catalan), hiëroglifisch (Dutch), hieroglifa (Esperanto), hiéroglyphique (French), hieroglyphisch (German), geroglifico (Italian), 상형문자의 (sanghyeongmunjaui) (Korean), иероглифи́ческий (ijeroglifíčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-hieroglyphic-en-adj-Chl9SZno Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hiero- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 12 20 22 20 26 Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols': 99 1
  2. difficult to decipher Translations (difficult to decipher): jeroglífic (Catalan), hieroglyphisch (German)
    Sense id: en-hieroglyphic-en-adj-SYJeo1Eo Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hiero- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 12 20 22 20 26 Disambiguation of 'difficult to decipher': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hieroglyphick [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hieroglyphic.wav [US] Forms: hieroglyphics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|hiéroglyphique}} French hiéroglyphique, {{der|en|la|hieroglyphicus}} Latin hieroglyphicus, {{der|en|grc|ἱερογλυφικός}} Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), {{m|grc|ἱερογλυφέω||to represent hieroglyphically}} ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), {{m|grc|ἱερός||sacred, holy}} ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”), {{m|grc|γλύφω||to carve, to engrave, to cut out}} γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”), {{surf|en|hiero-|glyphic}} By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic Head templates: {{en-noun}} hieroglyphic (plural hieroglyphics)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus Tags: in-plural Translations (a writing system): jeroglífic [masculine] (Catalan), xeróglifo [masculine] (Galician), כתב חרטומים \ כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים (k'tav khartumím) [masculine] (Hebrew), geroglifico [masculine] (Italian), иерогли́фика (ijeroglífika) [feminine] (Russian), jeroglífico [masculine] (Spanish), heroglipiko (Tagalog), ієроглі́фіка (ijerohlífika) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hieroglyphic-en-noun-0eonBi1i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hiero- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 40 22 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 12 20 22 20 26 Disambiguation of 'a writing system': 79 11 10
  2. Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
    Sense id: en-hieroglyphic-en-noun-IOP7nUcg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hiero- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 12 20 22 20 26
  3. (by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hieroglyphic-en-noun-tfIqNOqz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hiero- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 12 20 22 20 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hieroglyphick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714",
          "text": "Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a writing system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeroglífic"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a writing system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeróglifo"
    },
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      "sense": "a writing system",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a writing system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geroglifico"
    },
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      "sense": "a writing system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "иерогли́фика"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a writing system",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a writing system",
      "word": "heroglipiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ijerohlífika",
      "sense": "a writing system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ієроглі́фіка"
    }
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    "hieroglyphic"
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}

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "jeroglífic"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
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    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "hieroglifa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "hiéroglyphique"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "hieroglyphisch"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "geroglifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanghyeongmunjaui",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "상형문자의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ijeroglifíčeskij",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols",
      "word": "иероглифи́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "difficult to decipher",
      "word": "jeroglífic"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to decipher",
      "word": "hieroglyphisch"
    }
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}

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