calligraphy
The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative styleThe art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
» Learning calligraphy is fun.
Kalligraphie zu lernen macht Spass. — Manfredo
Kalligrafie zu lernen macht Spaß. — JyojiFujisaki
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(uncountable)The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
(countable)Any such style of decorative writing.
Kalligraphie, Schönschreibkunst, Schönschreiben
чистописа́ниеčistopisánije, каллигра́фияkalligráfija
калігра́фіяkalihráfija
(countable)A document written in decorative style.
- beautiful handwriting
Examples
18 sentencesLearning calligraphy is fun.
deKalligraphie zu lernen macht Spass. — Manfredo
My hobbies are karate and calligraphy.
I know a bit about calligraphy.
ruЯ немного разбираюсь в каллиграфии. — marafon
Chinese calligraphy is considered an art form.
deChinesische Kalligraphie wird als Kunstform betrachtet. — Melang
I practiced calligraphy by looking at examples.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literallyBorrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).
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Forms
plural: calligraphies| Singular | calligraphy |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- beautiful handwriting:penmanshipchirography
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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