glifo

Italian
glifi Maya – Mayan glyphs

Etymology

Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡli.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ifo
  • Hyphenation: glì‧fo

Noun

glifo m (plural glifi)

  1. (architecture) an ornament consisting of a hollow
  2. a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea; glyph
    1. one of various figures used in Mayan writing; glyph
  3. in esoteric texts, a sign representing alchemical concepts, letters of secret alphabets, or astrological symbols

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡli.fu/

  • Hyphenation: gli‧fo

Noun

glifo m (plural glifos)

  1. glyph (carved relief representing a sound, word or idea)

References
  1. “glifo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “glifo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. “glifo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlifo/ [ˈɡli.fo]
  • Rhymes: -ifo
  • Syllabification: gli‧fo

Noun

glifo m (plural glifos)

  1. glyph

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