glifo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡli.fu/
glifo is spelled G-L-I-F-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glifo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “glyph (carved relief representing a sound, word or idea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura esculpida em relevo, representando um som, palavra ou ideia”.
What does glifo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglyph (carved relief representing a sound, word or idea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura esculpida em relevo, representando um som, palavra ou ideia 2. qualquer uma das várias figuras usadas na escrita maia 3. qualquer símbolo não verbal que transmita informações 4. representação visual de uma letra, caractere ou símbolo, em uma fonte e estilo específicos
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 glifo
- glifos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glifo?
- Brazil /ˈɡli.fu/
- Portugal /ˈɡli.fu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glifo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glifo in Portuguese?
glifo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).