epigraph

English

Noun

Wikipedia epigraph (plural epigraphs)

1. an inscription, especially one on a building etc
2. a literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book etc
3. (mathematics) (of a function) the set of all points lying on or above its graph

Related terms

• epigraphy
• epigrapher or epigraphist

Antonyms

• (mathematics): hypograph

Translations

inscription

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 題詞 (cmn), 题词 (cmn) (tící), 碑文 (cmn) (bēiwén)

• Esperanto: epigrafo (eo)
• French: épigraphe (fr) f
• German: Epigraph (de) n

• Irish: eipeagraf (ga) m
• Japanese: 碑文 (ja) (ひぶん, hibun), エピグラフ (ja) (epigurafu)
• Polish: epigraf (pl) m
• Russian: эпиграф (ru) (epígraf) m
• Spanish: epígrafe (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: epigraf (ro)?