hieroglyph

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

hieróglifo

hieroglifo

Hieróglifos

jeróglifo

Sinônimos

hieroglyphic

ideograph

hieroglyphics

pictograph

calligraphy

hieroglyphic character

en

hieroglyphs

Traduções

hiéroglyphe

Hieroglyphe

jeroglífico

jeroglífic

geroglifico

hiyeroglif

ieroglif

hiëroglief

hiéroglyphique

hierogliefenschrift

γρίφος

Bilderrätsel

ιερογλυφικά

Bedeutungsschrift

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.