glyph

glyph - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡlɪf/

Noun

glyph (plural glyphs)

  1. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
    1. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
  2. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  3. (typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
  4. (architecture) A vertical groove.
  5. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
  6. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.

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Translations

  • Finnish: symboli (fi)
  • Sindhi: خَطُپارو (sd)
  • Bulgarian: символ (bg) m (simvol)
  • Catalan: glif (ca) m
  • Dutch: schriftteken (nl) n
  • Esperanto: signobildo
  • Finnish: glyyfi
  • German: Glyphe (de) f
  • Greek: γλύφος (el) m (glýfos)
  • Hungarian: (please verify) glifa, (please verify) glif, íráselem
  • Russian: глиф (ru) m (glif)
  • Sindhi: خَطُپارو (sd)
  • Spanish: glifo (es) m
  • Vietnamese: ký tự (vi)
  • Hungarian: véset, horony (hu), gliphé, rovátkoló díszítés, (please verify) rovátka (hu)
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