kaligrafia

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally pretty writing), from κάλλος (kállos, beauty) + γράφω (gráphō, to draw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.liˈɡra.fja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afja
  • Syllabification: ka‧li‧gra‧fia

Noun

kaligrafia f

  1. calligraphy (art of writing with decorative strokes)
  2. calligraphy (any such style of decorative writing)

Declension

adjective
adverb
  • kaligraficznie
nouns
  • kaligraf
  • kaligrafista
verb
  • kaligrafować

Further reading

  • kaligrafia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kaligrafia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaʎiɡrafi̯a]

Noun

kaligrafia f (genitive singular kaligrafie, nominative plural kaligrafie, genitive plural kaligrafií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. calligraphy

References

  • kaligrafia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English calligraphy.

Noun

kaligrafia class IX (plural kaligrafia class X)

  1. calligraphy