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glyph

glyph
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [glif]
    • /glɪf/
    • /glɪf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [glif]
    • /glɪf/

Definitions of glyph word

  • noun glyph a pictograph or hieroglyph. 1
  • noun glyph a sculptured figure or relief carving. 1
  • noun glyph Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove. 1
  • noun glyph A hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of glyph (character)   An image used in the visual representation of characters; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A font is a set of glyphs. In the simple case, for a given font (typeface and size), each character corresponds to a single glyph but this is not always the case, especially in a language with a large alphabet where one character may correspond to several glyphs or several characters to one glyph (a character encoding). Usually used in reference to outline fonts, in particular TrueType. 1
  • noun glyph a carved channel or groove, esp a vertical one as used on a Doric frieze 0

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Origin of glyph

First appearance:

before 1720
One of the 49% newest English words
1720-30; < Greek glyph(ḗ) carving, derivative of glýphein to hollow out

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Parts of speech for Glyph

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

glyph popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

glyph usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for glyph

noun glyph

  • hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

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