hieroglífico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /je.ɾoˈɡli.fi.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /je.ɾoˈɡli.fi.ko/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /jɛ.ɾuˈɡli.fi.ku/ [jɛ.ɾuˈɣli.fi.ku]

Adjective

hieroglífico (feminine hieroglífica, masculine plural hieroglíficos, feminine plural hieroglíficas)

  1. hieroglyphic

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ʝeɾoˈɡlifiko/ [ɟ͡ʝe.ɾoˈɣ̞li.fi.ko] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /jeɾoˈɡlifiko/ [je.ɾoˈɣ̞li.fi.ko] (Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ifiko
  • Syllabification: hie‧ro‧glí‧fi‧co

Noun

hieroglífico m (plural hieroglíficos)

  1. obsolete form of jeroglífico
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