glyph
/ɡlɪf/
glyph noun: a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
Noun
glyph (plural glyphs)
- A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
- Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
- human figures carved on the obverse and the reverse, and glyphs on the other faces. Slab-stelæ, on the other hand, are shorter and most of them bear inscriptions only on the reverse. Frequently associated with these stelæ are smaller monoliths known as "altars," which vary greatly in size, shape...1915, Sylvanus Griswold Morley, An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs, Chapter 2
- Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
- Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
- A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
- The grid column header displays a sort glyph indicating an ascending or descending ordering.
- A vertical groove.
- A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
- Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.
glyph meaning in Tamil, Sinhala and Vietnamese
glyph in Tamil
- ஒப்பனைச் சால்வரி
glyph in Sinhala
- ග්ලිෆ්
glyph in Vietnamese
- graphic representation of a character
- ký tự
More languagesFewer languages
- Sindhi
- خَطُپارو xat̤upāro
Examples of glyph in a sentence
- Every other layer in the sketch appears as a glyph on the metalayer.
- The content of these glyphs is the content of the layer they depict.
- I drove on, wondering how runologists of the future would account for that isolated glyph.
Forms of glyph
| plural | glyphs |
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Origin of glyph
First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).
Words formed from glyph
- adermatoglyphia
- aglyph
- agriglyph
- anaglyph
- bioglyph
- dendroglyph
- dermatoglyph
- diaglyph
- diglyph
- gallow glyph
- geoglyph
- glyphlike
- glyphography
- glyphomancy
- glyphomantic
- hemiglyph
- hieroglyph
- hoboglyph
- homoglyph
- ideoglyph
- interglyph
- lithoglyph
- opisthoglyph
- petroglyph
- petrosomatoglyph
- phytoglyphic
- phytoglyphy
- proteroglyph
- solenoglyph
- triglyph
Words that rhyme with glyph
Questions about glyph
- What does glyph mean?
- Glyph means a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
- What is glyph in Tamil?
- Glyph in Tamil is ஒப்பனைச் சால்வரி. See Glyph meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is glyph?
- Glyph is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glyph?
- Glyph is pronounced /ɡlɪf/.
- What is the plural of glyph?
- The plural of glyph is glyphs.
Words near glyph in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glyph (page history and authors); glyph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glyph (Sinhala 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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