"calligraphy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calligraphy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: calligraphies [plural]
enPR: kə-lĭg'rə-fi Etymology: Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|calligraphie}} French calligraphie, {{der|en|grc|καλλιγραφία|lit=pretty writing}} Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), {{m|grc|κάλλος||beauty}} κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”), {{m|grc|γράφω||to draw}} γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} calligraphy (countable and uncountable, plural calligraphies)
  1. (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-calligraphy-en-noun-thhCXty8
  2. (countable) Any such style of decorative writing. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Calligraphy Translations (art of writing beautifully): bukurshkrim [masculine] (Albanian), خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), գեղագրություն (geġagrutʿyun) (Armenian), վայելչագրություն (vayelčʿagrutʿyun) (Armenian), caligrafía [feminine] (Asturian), калігра́фія (kalihráfija) [feminine] (Belarusian), калиграфия (kaligrafija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), краснопис (krasnopis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пи́сане на ръка́ (písane na rǎká) (Bulgarian), cal·ligrafia [feminine] (Catalan), 書法 (Chinese Mandarin), 书法 (shūfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 筆法 (Chinese Mandarin), 笔法 (bǐfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 書道 (Chinese Mandarin), 书道 (shūdào) (note: of Japanese calligraphy) (Chinese Mandarin), 筆跡 (Chinese Mandarin), 笔迹 (bǐjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 寫法 (Chinese Mandarin), 写法 (xiěfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), calligrafia [feminine] (Corsican), calligraffia [feminine] (Corsican), kaligrafie [feminine] (Czech), krasopis [masculine] (Czech), kalligrafi [common-gender] (Danish), kalligrafie [common-gender] (Dutch), schoonschrijven (Dutch), schoonschrift (Dutch), ཡིག་བཟོའི་རིག་རྩལ (yig bzo'i rig rtsal) (Dzongkha), kaligrafio (Esperanto), fagurskrift [feminine] (Faroese), skreytskrift [feminine] (Faroese), kalligrafia (Finnish), kaunokirjoitus (Finnish), calligraphie [feminine] (French), chirographie [feminine] (French), caligrafie [feminine] (Friulian), caligrafía [feminine] (Galician), კალიგრაფია (ḳaligrapia) (Georgian), სუფთა წერა (supta c̣era) (Georgian), Kalligraphie [feminine] (German), Schönschreibkunst [feminine] (German), Schönschreiben (German), Schönschrift (German), gute Handschrift (German), καλλιγραφία (kalligrafía) [feminine] (Greek), כתיבה תמה (ktiva tama) [feminine] (Hebrew), קליגרפיה (kaligráfya) [feminine] (Hebrew), सुलेख (sulekh) [masculine] (Hindi), kalligráfia (Hungarian), skrautskrift [neuter] (Icelandic), skrautritun [feminine] (Icelandic), kaligrafi (Indonesian), callagrafaíocht [feminine] (Irish), calligrafia [feminine] (Italian), chirografia [feminine] (Italian), 書道 (shodō) (note: for Japanese calligraphy) (Japanese), 書法 (shohō) (note: for other kinds) (Japanese), カリグラフィー (karigurafī) (Japanese), 習字 (shūji) (Japanese), құсни жазу (qūsni jazu) (Kazakh), ការសរសេរអក្សរផ្ចង់ (kaa sɑɑsee ʼɑksɑɑ phcɑng) (Khmer), អក្សរផ្ចង់ (aksɑɑ pcɑŋ) (Khmer), 달필 (dalpil) (alt: 達筆) (Korean), 서법 (seobeop) (alt: 書法) (Korean), 서예 (seoye) (alt: 書藝) (Korean), kaligrāfija [feminine] (Latvian), kaligrafija [feminine] (Lithuanian), kaligrafi (Malay), khat (Malay), kirografi (Malay), tuhi rerehua (Maori), tuhiwhakairo (Maori), kalligrafi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skrivekunst [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalligrafi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skrivekunst [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خوشنویسی (xošnevisi) (Persian), خطاطی (xattâti) (Persian), kaligrafia [feminine] (Polish), caligrafia [feminine] (Portuguese), quirografia [feminine] (Portuguese), caligrafie [feminine] (Romanian), chirografie [feminine] (Romanian), чистописа́ние (čistopisánije) [neuter] (Russian), каллигра́фия (kalligráfija) [feminine] (Russian), калиграфија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), краснопис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), красопис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaligrafija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krasnopis [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), krasopis [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), caligrafía [feminine] (Spanish), quirografía [feminine] (Spanish), kalligrafi (Swedish), sulat-kamay (Tagalog), வனப்பெழுத்து (vaṉappeḻuttu) (Tamil), อักษรวิจิตร (àk-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-wí-jìt) (Thai), kaligrafi (Turkish), калігра́фія (kalihráfija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خەتتاتلىق (xettatliq) (Uyghur), huật viết chữ đẹp (Vietnamese), bút pháp (alt: 筆法) (Vietnamese), thư pháp (alt: 書法) (Vietnamese), kaligraf (Volapük), kaligrafam (note: action) (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-calligraphy-en-noun-wI-UgImH Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 32 50 18 Disambiguation of 'art of writing beautifully': 36 46 18
  3. (countable) A document written in decorative style. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-calligraphy-en-noun-nh9xkx3H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -graphy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 22 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 26 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 27 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graphy: 17 24 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (art or practice of decorative writing): chirography, penmanship Derived forms: fauxligraphy Related terms: calligrapher, calligraphic
Disambiguation of 'art or practice of decorative writing': 47 41 12

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          "ref": "1981, Wayne E. Begley, “2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Shāh Jahān”, in Joanna Gottfried Williams, editor, Kalādarśana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7",
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          "ref": "1987, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Art and Spirituality, page 27",
          "text": "There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.",
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          "ref": "2004, Leslie Cabarga, Logo, Font & Lettering Bible, page 78",
          "text": "Calligraphy, however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward \"accidentals.\" But calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful.",
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          "roman": "písane na rǎká",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "note": "of Japanese calligraphy",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "筆跡"
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "word": "kalligrafi"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kalligrafie"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "schoonschrijven"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "code": "dz",
          "lang": "Dzongkha",
          "roman": "yig bzo'i rig rtsal",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "ཡིག་བཟོའི་རིག་རྩལ"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "kaligrafio"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "word": "fagurskrift"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "kalligrafia"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "kaunokirjoitus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "calligraphie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "chirographie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "caligrafie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caligrafía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳaligrapia",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "კალიგრაფია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "supta c̣era",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "სუფთა წერა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kalligraphie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schönschreibkunst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "Schönschreiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "Schönschrift"
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        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "word": "gute Handschrift"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kalligrafía",
          "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "καλλιγραφία"
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        {
          "_dis1": "36 46 18",
          "code": "he",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kə-lĭg'rə-fi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "art or practice of decorative writing",
      "word": "chirography"
    },
    {
      "sense": "art or practice of decorative writing",
      "word": "penmanship"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukurshkrim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵaṭṭ",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَطّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "geġagrutʿyun",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "գեղագրություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vayelčʿagrutʿyun",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "վայելչագրություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafía"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kalihráfija",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калігра́фія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaligrafija",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калиграфия"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krasnopis",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "краснопис"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "písane na rǎká",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "пи́сане на ръка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cal·ligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "書法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūfǎ",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "书法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "筆法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐfǎ",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "笔法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "書道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of Japanese calligraphy",
      "roman": "shūdào",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "书道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "筆跡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐjì",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "笔迹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "寫法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiěfǎ",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "写法"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calligraffia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaligrafie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krasopis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kalligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kalligrafie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "schoonschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "schoonschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "yig bzo'i rig rtsal",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "ཡིག་བཟོའི་རིག་རྩལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligrafio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fagurskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skreytskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kalligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaunokirjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calligraphie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chirographie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafía"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳaligrapia",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "კალიგრაფია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "supta c̣era",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "სუფთა წერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kalligraphie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schönschreibkunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "Schönschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "Schönschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "gute Handschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kalligrafía",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καλλιγραφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ktiva tama",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כתיבה תמה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kaligráfya",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קליגרפיה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sulekh",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सुलेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kalligráfia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrautskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skrautritun"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "callagrafaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chirografia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "for Japanese calligraphy",
      "roman": "shodō",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "書道"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "for other kinds",
      "roman": "shohō",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "書法"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "karigurafī",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "カリグラフィー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūji",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "習字"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūsni jazu",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "құсни жазу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa sɑɑsee ʼɑksɑɑ phcɑng",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "ការសរសេរអក្សរផ្ចង់"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "aksɑɑ pcɑŋ",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "អក្សរផ្ចង់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "達筆",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dalpil",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "달필"
    },
    {
      "alt": "書法",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seobeop",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "서법"
    },
    {
      "alt": "書藝",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoye",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "서예"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaligrāfija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaligrafija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kirografi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "tuhi rerehua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "tuhiwhakairo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skrivekunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skrivekunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xošnevisi",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "خوشنویسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xattâti",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "خطاطی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quirografia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chirografie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čistopisánije",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чистописа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalligráfija",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каллигра́фия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калиграфија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "краснопис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "красопис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaligrafija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krasnopis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krasopis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caligrafía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quirografía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kalligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "sulat-kamay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaṉappeḻuttu",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "வனப்பெழுத்து"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "àk-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-wí-jìt",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "อักษรวิจิตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kalihráfija",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калігра́фія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xettatliq",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "خەتتاتلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "huật viết chữ đẹp"
    },
    {
      "alt": "筆法",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "bút pháp"
    },
    {
      "alt": "書法",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "thư pháp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "note": "action",
      "sense": "art of writing beautifully",
      "word": "kaligrafam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calligraphy"
}

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