hieroglyphics
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌhaɪəroʊˈɡlɪfɪks/
- Specialized
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escritura jeroglífica
- According to the hieroglyphics that are carved here, these ships were pictured about a hundred and fifty years B.C.
- Egyptian hieroglyphics
So I got a bracelet made and and it's my name spelled on hieroglyphics.
- So I got a bracelet made and and it's my name spelled on hieroglyphics.
- But if it wasn't for the Rosetta Stone, we would not know how to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- It's a bit like a hieroglyphics from Pharaohs.
- You'll see a hieroglyphics, petroglyphics, and that's basically this old graffiti.
Examples
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Those look like Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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In Egyptian hieroglyphics we learn of Anubis, God of the dead, a jackal headed creature who decided which souls should pass on to the afterlife.
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I could read hieroglyphics before I could read English.
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Do you know how to read third kingdom hieroglyphics?
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Then: "In ancient Egypt, the little boys were learning hieroglyphics."
Fiction book (1998) -
You see, because the text was written in both Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics, we were able to translate things we never could before.
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Many of the temples and tombs are highly decorated with bas-reliefs and hieroglyphics.
Academic text (2006) -
In June 2006, Montserrat Rius from the universities of Barcelona and Tübingen verified the hieroglyphics at a press conference.
Academic text (2009) -
Artfully arranged hieroglyphics grace the passage walls, and lightboxes depict golden artifacts from Bogotá's Museo de Oro.
Academic text (2001) -
I could read hieroglyphics before I could read English.
Synonyms
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A writing system using picture symbols to show words or sounds
Antonyms
- Specialized
A system that uses letters to show the separate sounds of a language
Surface Forms
Morphology
hieroglyphics = hieroglyphic (transparent) = hieroglyph + ic + s
The word is formed from the noun 'hieroglyph' -> adjective 'hieroglyphic' -> nominalized plural/system 'hieroglyphics', and the meaning 'writing in pictorial symbols' is directly predictable from these parts.
Etymology
Hieroglyphics comes from Greek parts hier- meaning 'sacred' and -glyph meaning 'carving' or 'writing', so it originally meant sacred stone carvings and picture writing used by the ancient Egyptians.