paraph

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
2. A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.

Verb

To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.

Sinónimos

initial

initials

Traducións

paraphe

paraaf

Paraphe

paraferen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈpaɹəf/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: paraf

In summary

Inherited from Middle English paraf, from Medieval Latin paraffus or its etymon Middle French paraphe, paraffe, shortening of paragraphe.