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• /ɡlɪf/
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First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: глиф (glif) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 字形 (zìxíng) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 字體 /字体 (zìtǐ) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Finnish: glyyfi — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Finnish: kirjoitusmerkki — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Finnish: symboli — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• French: glyphe — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Galician: glifo — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• German: Zeichen — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• German: Symbol — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Hungarian: jel — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Hungarian: írásjel — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Hungarian: írásjegy — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Hungarian: szimbólum — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Italian: glifo — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Japanese: 字体 (jitai) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Korean: 자체 (jache) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Northern Kurdish: glîf — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Polish: hieroglif — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Portuguese: glifo — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Russian: глиф (glif) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Russian: знак (znak) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Russian: си́мвол (símvol) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Sindhi: خَطُپارو (xat̤upāro) — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Spanish: glifo — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Turkish: glif — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Turkish: oyma — carved relief representing a sound, word or idea
• Finnish: symboli — non-verbal symbol imparting information
• Sindhi: خَطُپارو (xat̤upāro) — non-verbal symbol imparting information
• Bulgarian: символ (simvol) — graphic representation of a character
• Catalan: glif — graphic representation of a character
• Chinese Mandarin: 字形 (zìxíng) — graphic representation of a character
• Dutch: schriftteken — graphic representation of a character
• Esperanto: signobildo — graphic representation of a character
• Finnish: glyyfi — graphic representation of a character
• German: Glyphe — graphic representation of a character
• Greek: γλύφος (glýfos) — graphic representation of a character
• Hungarian: íráselem — graphic representation of a character
• Russian: глиф (glif) — graphic representation of a character
• Sindhi: خَطُپارو (xat̤upāro) — graphic representation of a character
• Spanish: glifo — graphic representation of a character
• Tibetan: ཡིག་འབྲུ (yig 'bru) — graphic representation of a character
• Vietnamese: ký tự — graphic representation of a character
• Hungarian: véset — vertical groove
• Hungarian: horony — vertical groove
• Hungarian: gliphé — vertical groove
• Hungarian: rovátkoló díszítés — vertical groove