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Meaning of Glyph | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɡlɪf

Definitions

  1. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
  2. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
  3. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  4. A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
  5. A vertical groove.
  6. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
  7. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.

Equivalents

العربية الشكل المنقوش
Български симво́л
Català glif
Deutsch Glyphe Graph
Ελληνικά γλυφός σύμβολο
Español glifo
Suomi glyyfi symboli
Magyar vesét
한국어 글리프
Nederlands schriftteken
Polski glif
Русский глиф
Türkçe glif
Tiếng Việt kí tự ký tự

Examples

“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, and decoration, some bearing glyphs and others being without them.”
“The grid column header displays a sort glyph indicating an ascending or descending ordering.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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