caligrafia

See also: caligrafiá and caligrafía

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, pretty writing), from κάλλος (kállos, beauty) + γράφω (gráphō, to draw).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.li.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.li.ɡɾaˈfi.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.li.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/ [kɐ.li.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧li‧gra‧fi‧a

Noun

caligrafia f (plural caligrafias)

  1. handwriting
  2. calligraphy, penmanship

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calligraphier.

Verb

a caligrafia (third-person singular present caligrafiează, past participle caligrafiat) 1st conj.

  1. to calligraph

Conjugation

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