bustrofédon
Portuguese, noun/bus.tɾoˈfɛ.dõ/
bustrofédon is spelled B-U-S-T-R-O-F-É-D-O-N (11 letters). Bustrofédon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boustrophedon (text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em paleografia das antigas culturas helenísticas ou do Médio Oriente, tipo de escrita alternada da direita…”.
What does bustrofédon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboustrophedon (text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. em paleografia das antigas culturas helenísticas ou do Médio Oriente, tipo de escrita alternada da direita para esquerda e da esquerda para a direita a cada nova linha, fazendo um ziguezague como os sulcos do arado, comum em antigas escrituras da Grécia antiga 2. palavra que forma um anagrama perfeito, ou seja, palavra que ao se ler de trás para frente forma uma outra
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bustrofédon
- bustrofédons Brazil plural
- bustrofédones Portugal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bustrofédon?
- Brazil /bus.tɾoˈfɛ.dõ/
- /buʃ.tɾoˈfɛ.dõ/
- Portugal /buʃ.tɾuˈfɛ.dɔn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bustrofédon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.