hieroglyphic

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (in-plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
2. Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
3. (broadly) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or written with such a system of symbols.
2. Difficult to decipher.

Sinonieme

hieroglyph

hieroglyphical

Vertalings

hiéroglyphique

jeroglífico

jeroglífic

hieroglyphisch

geroglifico

هيروغليفي

hiéroglyphe

hieróglifo

hieroglifo

Hieróglifos

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.