Hieroglyphs were discovered on the wall inside the temple.
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Hieroglyph
//ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf//
Synonyms for "hieroglyph" (16 found)
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Related words (8)
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8 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hiëroglief noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Albanian
1 entries- hieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Arabic
1 entries- هِيرُوغْلِيفِيَّة noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Armenian
1 entries- հիերոգլիֆ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Asturian
1 entries- xeroglíficu noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- heroqlif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Belarusian
2 entries- геро́гліф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- іеро́гліф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Bengali
1 entries- হায়ারোগ্লিফ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Bulgarian
1 entries- йерогли́ф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Burmese
1 entries- အရုပ်စာ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Catalan
1 entries- jeroglífic noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 圖畫文字 /图画文字 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- 聖書體 /圣书体 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- 象形文字 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Czech
1 entries- hieroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Danish
1 entries- hieroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Dutch
1 entries- hiëroglief noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Esperanto
1 entries- hieroglifo noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Estonian
1 entries- hieroglüüf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Finnish
1 entries- hieroglyfi noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
French
1 entries- hiéroglyphe noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Galician
2 entries- xeroglífico noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- xeróglifo noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Georgian
1 entries- იეროგლიფი noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
German
1 entries- Hieroglyphe noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Greek
1 entries- ιερογλυφικός noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lalinoka noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִירוֹגְלִיף noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Hindi
1 entries- हीयेरोग्लिफ़ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Hungarian
1 entries- hieroglifa noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Indonesian
1 entries- hieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Irish
1 entries- iairiglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Italian
1 entries- geroglifico noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Japanese
3 entries- ヒエログリフ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- 聖刻 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- 象形文字 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Kazakh
1 entries- иероглиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Khmer
1 entries- វត្ថុលេខនា noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Korean
2 entries- 상형문자 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- 히에로글리프 noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- иероглиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Latvian
1 entries- hieroglifs noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hieroglifas noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Macedonian
1 entries- хиероглиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Malay
1 entries- hieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hieroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Occitan
1 entries- ieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Persian
1 entries- هیروگلیف noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Polish
1 entries- hieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Portuguese
1 entries- hieróglifo noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Romanian
1 entries- hieroglifă noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Russian
1 entries- иеро́глиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hijeroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
- хијероглиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Slovak
1 entries- hieroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Slovene
1 entries- hieroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Spanish
1 entries- jeroglífico noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Swedish
1 entries- hieroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Tagalog
1 entries- heroglipiko noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Tajik
1 entries- иероглиф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Thai
1 entries- ไฮโรกลิฟ noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Turkish
1 entries- hiyeroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Turkmen
1 entries- iýeroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ієро́гліф noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Uzbek
1 entries- iyeroglif noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chữ tượng hình noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hiëroglyf noun (element of hieroglyphic writing system)
Sample sentences
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Mayan Hieroglyphs as Linguistic Evidence. In Third Palenque Round Table, 1978, vol. V, part 2, edited by Merle Greene Robertson, pp. 204-216.
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Some idea of the nature of Mayan hieroglyphs has already been gained from the sets of day-signs and month-signs. In the opinion of the writer, Mayan hieroglyphs are among the best examples of calligraphy; each glyph block is a composition exhibiting remarkable qualities of design.
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With your handwriting, it's no surprise the Prof can't read your hieroglyphs!
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