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calligraph

/ˈkælɪɡɹæf/

calligraph verb: to write using calligraphy.

Verb

calligraph (third-person singular simple present calligraphs, present participle calligraphing, simple past and past participle calligraphed)

  1. To write using calligraphy.
    • In the window of one shop, I noticed a small hand-lettered sign saying that materials for calligraphers were available, that calligraphed books were bought and sold.1993, Henry H. Glassie, Turkish Traditional Art Today, page 109

calligraph meaning in Bengali

calligraph in Bengali

চারুলিপির মাধ্যমে লেখা

Forms of calligraph

third-person singular presentcalligraphs
present participlecalligraphing
past participlecalligraphed
pastcalligraphed

Origin of calligraph

Back-formation from calligraphy.

Questions about calligraph

What does calligraph mean?
Calligraph means to write using calligraphy.
What is calligraph in Bengali?
Calligraph in Bengali is চারুলিপির মাধ্যমে লেখা. See Calligraph meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is calligraph?
Calligraph is a verb.
How do you pronounce calligraph?
Calligraph is pronounced /ˈkælɪɡɹæf/.
What is the past tense of calligraph?
The past tense of calligraph is calligraphed.

Words near calligraph in the dictionary

  1. calligraffiti
  2. calligram
  3. calligramme
  4. calligrammes
  5. calligrams
  6. calligraph
  7. calligraphed
  8. calligrapher
  9. calligraphers
  10. calligraphic
  11. calligraphic projection

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calligraph (page history and authors); calligraph (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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