glyph
pronunciation
How to pronounce glyph in British English:
UK [glɪf]
How to pronounce glyph in American English:
US [ɡlɪf]
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- Noun:
- glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief
Word Origin
- glyph (n.)
- 1727, "ornamental groove in sculpture or architecture," from French glyphe (1701), from Greek glyphe "a carving," from glyphein "to hollow out, cut out with a knife, engrave, carve," also "to note down" on tablets, from PIE root *gleubh- "to cut, slice, tear apart" (cognates: Latin glubere "to peel, shell, strip," Old English cleofan "to cleave," Old Norse klofi, Middle Dutch clove "a cleft"). Meaning "sculpted mark or symbol" (as in hieroglyph) is from 1825. Related: Glyphic.
Example
- 1. Only the glyph should be drawn , not the background .
- 2. Imagine our great excitement at finding the new glyph .
- 3. Glyph suggested damage , blood thirsty and blame tips .
- 4. Textbook of high school chinese the first induce to glyph of 6 words sound .
- 5. The glyph is a font .