ALL meanings of rosetta stone
Ro·set·ta stone
R r - noun rosetta stone a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 1
- noun rosetta stone a clue, breakthrough, or discovery that provides crucial knowledge for the solving of a puzzle or problem. 1
- noun rosetta stone stone inscribed with hieroglyphics 1
- noun rosetta stone key to deciphering or solving sth 1
- noun rosetta stone a basalt slab discovered in 1799 at Rosetta, dating to the reign of Ptolemy V (196 bc) and carved with parallel inscriptions in Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek, which provided the key to the decipherment of ancient Egyptian texts 0
- noun rosetta stone a tablet of gray granite found in 1799 at Rosetta, a town in Egypt: because it bore parallel inscriptions in Greek and in ancient Egyptian demotic and hieroglyphic characters, it provided a key to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian writing 0