glifo
Italian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]glifo m (plural glifi)
- (architecture) an ornament consisting of a hollow
- a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea; glyph
- in esoteric texts, a sign representing alchemical concepts, letters of secret alphabets, or astrological symbols
Derived terms
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ifu
- Hyphenation: gli‧fo
Noun
[edit]glifo m (plural glifos)
- glyph (carved relief representing a sound, word or idea)
References
[edit]- ^ “glifo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “glifo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “glifo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]glifo m (plural glifos)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “glifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from French
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ifo
- Rhymes:Italian/ifo/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Architecture
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifu/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
- Spanish terms derived from French
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ifo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ifo/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns