calligraphie
French, noun
calligraphie is spelled C-A-L-L-I-G-R-A-P-H-I-E (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calligraphie is a French feminine noun meaning “calligraphy (art of writing with decorative strokes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of calligraphier. With an accent, calligraphié is a different word: “past participle of calligraphier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de bien former les caractères d’écriture”.
What does calligraphie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalligraphy (art of writing with decorative strokes)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of calligraphier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de bien former les caractères d’écriture. 2. Écriture formée de ces beaux caractères.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calligraphie
- calligraphies plural
- calligraphiée feminine
- calligraphiés masculine plural
- calligraphiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to calligraphie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calligraphie in French?
calligraphie appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).