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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌɡlɪf/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈpɛ.tɹəʊˌɡlɪf/
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General-American:
/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌɡlɪf/
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General-American:
/ˈpɛ.tɹoʊˌɡlɪf/
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P EH1 T R OW0 G L IH2 F
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A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: carving, cutting
From French pétroglyphe, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”). By surface analysis, petro- + glyph.
Across languages
Translations 29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton :
maenengravadur
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Catalan :
petròglif
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Chinese Mandarin :
岩刻
(yánkè)
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Danish :
helleristning
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Dutch :
petroglief
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Estonian :
kaljujoonis
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Finnish :
kalliopiirros
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
French :
pétroglyphe
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Galician :
petróglifo
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
German :
Petroglyphe
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Greek :
πετρογλυφικό
(petroglyfikó)
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Hawaiian :
kiʻi pōhaku
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Hungarian :
sziklarajz
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Indonesian :
petroglif
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Italian :
incisione rupestre
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Japanese :
ペトログリフ
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Kazakh :
петроглиф
(petroglif)
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Norwegian Bokmål :
helleristning
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Norwegian Nynorsk :
helleristning
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Norwegian Nynorsk :
helleristing
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Persian :
سنگنگاره
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Portuguese :
petróglifo
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Romanian :
petroglifă
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Russian :
петроглиф
(petroglif)
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Northern Sami :
báktẹsárgun
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Spanish :
petroglifo
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Swedish :
hällristning
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Turkish :
petroglif
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
Ukrainian :
петрогліф
(petrohlif)
— a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
