noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/taɪˈpɒɡɹəfi/
General-American:/taɪˈpɑɡɹəfi/
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rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
CMU ARPABET:T AH0 P AA1 G R AH0 F IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The practice or process of printing with type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The appearance and style of typeset matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the craft of composing type and printing from it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trade, craft
5
noun
Meaning 5
art and technique of printing with movable type
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: composition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: printing, printing process
History
Etymology
From French typographie from Medieval Latin typographia from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupográphos, “certified copy”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). By surface analysis, type + -o- + -graphy.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
tipografia
— art and technique
Arabic:
طِبَاعَة
(ṭibāʕa)
— art and technique
Arabic:
طِبَاعَة الْحَرْفِ
— art and technique
Armenian:
տպագրություն
(tpagrutʻyun)
— art and technique
Basque:
tipografia
— art and technique
Belarusian:
тыпаграфіка
(typahrafika)
— art and technique
Bulgarian:
типография
(tipografija)
— art and technique
Catalan:
tipografia
— art and technique
Chinese Mandarin:
字體排印學 /字体排印学
(zìtǐpáiyìnxué)
— art and technique
Czech:
typografie
— art and technique
Danish:
typografi
— art and technique
Dutch:
typografie
— art and technique
Esperanto:
tipografio
— art and technique
Estonian:
tüpograafia
— art and technique
Finnish:
typografia
— art and technique
French:
typographie
— art and technique
Galician:
tipografía
— art and technique
Georgian:
ტიპოგრაფია
(ṭiṗograpia)
— art and technique
German:
Typographie
— art and technique
Greek:
τυπογραφία
(typografía)
— art and technique
Hebrew:
טיפוגרפיה
(tipográfia)
— art and technique
Hebrew:
טיפוגרפיקה
— art and technique
Hindi:
अक्षर कला
(akṣar kalā)
— art and technique
Hungarian:
tipográfia
— art and technique
Icelandic:
leturfræði
— art and technique
Icelandic:
týpógrafía
— art and technique
Indonesian:
tipografi
— art and technique
Irish:
clóghrafaíocht
— art and technique
Italian:
tipografia
— art and technique
Japanese:
タイポグラフィ
(taipogurafi)
— art and technique
Japanese:
タイポグラフィー
(taipogurafī)
— art and technique
Korean:
타이포그래피
(taipogeuraepi)
— art and technique
Korean:
타이포그라피
(taipogeurapi)
— art and technique
Latvian:
tipogrāfija
— art and technique
Lithuanian:
tipografija
— art and technique
Macedonian:
типографија
(tipografija)
— art and technique
Malay:
tipografi
— art and technique
Norwegian Bokmål:
typografi
— art and technique
Norwegian Nynorsk:
typografi
— art and technique
Persian:
تایپوگرافی
(tipografî)
— art and technique
Polish:
typografia
— art and technique
Portuguese:
tipografia
— art and technique
Romanian:
tipografie
— art and technique
Romanian:
tipar
— art and technique
Russian:
книгопеча́тание
(knigopečátanije)
— art and technique
Russian:
типогра́фика
(tipográfika)
— art and technique
Scottish Gaelic:
clò-ghrafachd
— art and technique
Serbo-Croatian:
типогра̀фија
— art and technique
Serbo-Croatian:
tipogràfija
— art and technique
Slovak:
typografia
— art and technique
Slovene:
tipografija
— art and technique
Spanish:
tipografía
— art and technique
Swedish:
typografi
— art and technique
Tagalog:
palalimbitan
— art and technique
Thai:
การพิมพ์
(gaan-pim)
— art and technique
Turkish:
tipografi
— art and technique
Ottoman Turkish:
باصمه
(basma)
— art and technique
Ukrainian:
типографія
(typohrafija)
— art and technique
Vietnamese:
thuật in máy
— art and technique
Yiddish:
טיפּאָגראַפֿיע
(tipografye)
— art and technique