Standard Lemma guide

calligrapher

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kə-lĭg'rə-fə r
  • /kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 L IH1 G R AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

one who practices calligraphy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone skilled in penmanship

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calligraphist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

History

Etymology

From calligraphy + -er.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَطَّاط (ḵaṭṭāṭ) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Asturian: calígrafu — one who practices calligraphy
  • Azerbaijani: xəttat — one who practices calligraphy
  • Catalan: cal·lígraf — one who practices calligraphy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書法家 /书法家 (shūfǎjiā) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書家 /书家 (shūjiā) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Finnish: kalligraafikko — one who practices calligraphy
  • French: calligraphe — one who practices calligraphy
  • Galician: calígrafo — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Schreibkünstler — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Schreibkünstlerin — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Kalligraf — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Kalligraph — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Kalligrafin — one who practices calligraphy
  • German: Kalligraphin — one who practices calligraphy
  • Greek: καλλιγράφος (kalligráfos) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Hindi: सुलेखक (sulekhak) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Irish: callagrafaí — one who practices calligraphy
  • Italian: calligrafo — one who practices calligraphy
  • Japanese: 書家 (shoka) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Japanese: 書道家 (shodōka) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Korean: 서예가 (seoyega) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Latvian: kaligrāfs — one who practices calligraphy
  • Latvian: kaligrāfe — one who practices calligraphy
  • Persian: خوشنویس (xošnevis) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Persian: خطاط (xattât) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Polish: kaligraf — one who practices calligraphy
  • Portuguese: calígrafo — one who practices calligraphy
  • Romanian: caligraf — one who practices calligraphy
  • Romanian: caligrafă — one who practices calligraphy
  • Russian: калли́граф (kallígraf) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: краснописац — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: краснописатељ — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: красописац — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: красописатељ — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: краснописатељица — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: красописатељица — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasnopisac — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasnopisatelj — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasopisac — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasopisatelj — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasnopisateljica — one who practices calligraphy
  • Serbo-Croatian: krasopisateljica — one who practices calligraphy
  • Spanish: calígrafo — one who practices calligraphy
  • Spanish: pendolista — one who practices calligraphy
  • Spanish: pendolario — one who practices calligraphy
  • Swedish: kalligraf — one who practices calligraphy
  • Uyghur: خەتتات (xettat) — one who practices calligraphy
  • Vietnamese: nhà thư pháp — one who practices calligraphy
  • Volapük: kaligrafan — one who practices calligraphy
  • Volapük: hikaligrafan — one who practices calligraphy
  • Volapük: jikaligrafan — one who practices calligraphy