hieroglífico

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, to represent hieroglyphically), from ἱερός (hierós, sacred, holy) + γλύφω (glúphō, to carve, to engrave, to cut out).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeɾoˈɡlifiko/ [ɟ͡ʝe.ɾoˈɣ̞li.fi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /jeɾoˈɡlifiko/ [je.ɾoˈɣ̞li.fi.ko]

  • Rhymes: -ifiko
  • Syllabification: hie‧ro‧glí‧fi‧co

Noun[edit]

hieroglífico m (plural hieroglíficos)

  1. Obsolete form of jeroglífico.