"epigraphy" meaning in English

See epigraphy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈpɪɡ.ɹə.fi/, [ʔɨˈpʰɪːɡ.ɹə.fiː] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epigraphy.wav Forms: epigraphies [plural]
Etymology: From 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
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  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), epigraphia [feminine] (Latin), 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'study of inscriptions': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: epigraph, epigrapher, epigraphic, pseudepigraphy

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "epigráfika",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эпигра́фика"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epigrafía"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "word": "yazıt bilimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "word": "epigrafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "word": "kim thạch học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of inscriptions",
      "word": "minh văn học"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epigraphy"
}

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