epigraph

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From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: epígraf — inscription
• Chinese Mandarin: 題詞 /题词 (tící) — inscription
• Chinese Mandarin: 碑文 (bēiwén) — inscription
• Esperanto: epigrafo — inscription
• Estonian: epigraaf — inscription
• Finnish: epigrafi — inscription
• French: épigraphe — inscription
• Friulian: epigrafe — inscription
• German: Epigraph — inscription
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) — inscription
• Hungarian: felirat — inscription
• Irish: eipeagraf — inscription
• Italian: epigrafe — inscription
• Japanese: 碑文 (hibun) — inscription
• Japanese: エピグラフ (epigurafu) — inscription
• Norwegian Bokmål: epigraf — inscription
• Norwegian Nynorsk: epigraf — inscription
• Polish: epigraf — inscription
• Portuguese: epígrafe — inscription
• Romanian: epigraf — inscription
• Russian: эпи́граф (epígraf) — inscription
• Serbo-Croatian: епѝграф — inscription
• Spanish: epígrafe — inscription
• Swedish: epigraf — inscription
• Armenian: բնաբան (bnaban) — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Czech: motto — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Dutch: motto — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• French: épigraphe — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Norwegian Bokmål: epigraf — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Norwegian Nynorsk: epigraf — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Polish: motto — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Polish: epigraf — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Portuguese: epígrafe — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Romanian: epigraf — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Russian: эпиграф (epigraf) — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Spanish: epígrafe — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• Ukrainian: епіграф (epihraf) — literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text
• French: épigraphe — set of all points lying on or above a mathematical function's graph