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 Definitions of calligraphy  [əˈlɪg rə fi]  

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Definition of 'calligraphy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) calligraphy
fancy penmanship or the art of writing beautifully.

2.  calligraphy
handwriting; penmanship.

3.  calligraphy
a script produced chiefly by brush, esp. Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.

Etymology:  (1605–15; < Gk kalligraphía; see calli -, -graphy)

Definition of 'calligraphy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) calligraphy, penmanship, chirography
beautiful handwriting


Definition of 'calligraphy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) calligraphy
fair or elegant penmanship


Translation of 'calligraphy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (the art of) beautiful, decorative handwriting.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kalligrafie Arabic flag Arabic: فَنُّ الخَط Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: краснопис
Brazilian flag Brazilian: caligrafia Czech flag Czech: krasopis, kaligrafie German flag German: die Kalligraphie
Danish flag Danish: kalligrafi Greek flag Greek: καλλιγραφία Spanish flag Spanish: caligrafía
Estonian flag Estonian: kalligraafia Farsi flag Farsi: خوشنویسی Finnish flag Finnish: kalligrafia
French flag French: calligraphie Hebrew flag Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה תָּמָה Hindi flag Hindi: सुलेखन
Croatian flag Croatian: krasopis Hungarian flag Hungarian: szép kézírás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kaligrafi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skrautskrift Italian flag Italian: calligrafia Japanese flag Japanese: 書道
Korean flag Korean: 서예 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaligrafija Latvian flag Latvian: kaligrāfija
Malay flag Malay: kaligrafi Dutch flag Dutch: kalligrafie Norwegian flag Norwegian: kalligrafi; skjønnskrift
Polish flag Polish: kaligrafia Persian flag Persian: خوشنویسی Pashto flag Pashto: خوشنویسی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: caligrafia Romanian flag Romanian: caligrafie Russian flag Russian: каллиграфия
Slovak flag Slovak: krasopis, kaligrafia, pís Slovenian flag Slovenian: lepopis Serbian flag Serbian: kaligrafija
Swedish flag Swedish: kalligrafi Thai flag Thai: ศิลปในการคัดลายมือ Turkish flag Turkish: hattatlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 書法 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: каліграфія; чистописання Urdu flag Urdu: خطاطی ، خوش نویسی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thư pháp Chinese flag Chinese: 书法

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calligraphic  calligraphical  calligraphist  calligraphy  callimorpha  callimorpha jacobeae  callinectes  



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