glyptique
French, noun/ɡlip.tik/
glyptique is spelled G-L-Y-P-T-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glyptique is a French feminine noun meaning “glyptics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de graver en pierres fines, soit en creux (les intailles), soit en relief (les camées)”.
What does glyptique mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglyptics
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de graver en pierres fines, soit en creux (les intailles), soit en relief (les camées). 2. Art de la gravure des coins servant à frapper les médailles et pièces.
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 glyptique
- glyptiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glyptique?
- /ɡlip.tik/
- \ɡlip.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is glyptique in French?
glyptique appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).