hieroglyph

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

geroglifico

rebus

sinonimi

hieroglyphic

ideograph

hieroglyphics

pictograph

calligraphy

hieroglyphic character

en

hieroglyphs

Traduzioni

hiéroglyphe

Hieroglyphe

jeroglífico

jeroglífic

hiyeroglif

hieróglifo

hiëroglief

ieroglif

hierogliefenschrift

hiéroglyphique

γρίφος

Bilderrätsel

ιερογλυφικά

Bedeutungsschrift

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.