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typographical

adj · 3 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /taɪpəˈɡɹæfɪk(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY2 P AH0 G R AE1 F IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to typography or printing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: typographic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Produced by typography; printed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

relating to or occurring or used in typography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the typographic art
  • a typographical error

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: typographic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From New Latin typographicus + -al.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tipogràfic — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Czech: typografický — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Dutch: typografisch — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Finnish: typografinen — pertaining to typography or printing
  • French: typographique — pertaining to typography or printing
  • German: typografisch — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Greek: τυπογραφικός (typografikós) — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Hungarian: tipográfiai — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Ido: imprimala — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Irish: clóghrafach — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Italian: tipografico — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Norwegian: typografisk — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Portuguese: tipográfico — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Romanian: tipografic — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Romanian: de tipografie — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Russian: типогра́фский (tipográfskij) — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Russian: книгопеча́тный (knigopečátnyj) — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Spanish: tipográfico — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Turkish: tipografik — pertaining to typography or printing
  • Yiddish: טיפּאָגראַפֿיש (tipografish) — pertaining to typography or printing