hieroglyph

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
2. An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
3. (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.

Verb

To represent by hieroglyphs.

Conceptes

jeroglífic

Jeroglífic

Sinònims

hieroglyphic

ideograph

hieroglyphics

pictograph

calligraphy

hieroglyphic character

en

hieroglyphs

Traduccions

hiéroglyphe

jeroglífico

Hieroglyphe

geroglifico

hiyeroglif

hieróglifo

ieroglif

hiëroglief

hierogliefenschrift

hiéroglyphique

ιερογλυφικό

Ideogramm

ιερογλυφικά

γρίφος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”), nTr-md. By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph.