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иерогли́фика — meaning in English

iyeroglifika

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English meaning

  • hieroglyphic noun A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.

Senses

иерогли́фика is used for these senses in English:

  • hieroglyphic (chiefly, in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
  • ideography The use of ideograms; semasiography or logography.

hieroglyphic — full definition

  1. noun A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
  2. noun Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
  3. noun Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.

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