glyphe

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”). First attested in 1701.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlif/

• Audio:

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Noun

glyphe m (plural glyphes)

1. (typography) glyph

Descendants

• → English: glyph
• → Finnish: glyyfi
• → Italian: glifo
• → Portuguese: glifo
• → Russian: глиф (glif)
• → Spanish: glifo

Further reading

• “glyphe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.