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caligrafia

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See also: caligrafiá and caligrafía

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.li.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/ [kɐ.li.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.li.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

  • Hyphenation: ca‧li‧gra‧fi‧a

Noun

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caligrafia f (plural caligrafias)

  1. handwriting
  2. calligraphy, penmanship

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French calligraphier.

    Verb

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    a caligrafia (third-person singular present caligrafiează, past participle caligrafiat) 1st conjugation

    1. to calligraph

    Conjugation

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