calligraphy

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
2. (countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
3. (countable) A document written in decorative style.

Synonyms

penmanship

handwriting

chirography

ideograph

hieroglyph

writing

excellent calligraphy

brushwork

Translations

caligrafía

calligraphie

Kalligraphie

καλλιγραφία

calligrafia

caligrafia

kaligrafi

kalligrafie

cal·ligrafia

Schönschrift

schoonschrift

Kalligrafie

خطّ الي

hattatlık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/

Etymology

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).