hieroglyph
nounHow many syllables in hieroglyph?
There are 3 syllables in the word hieroglyph.How to pronounce hieroglyph:
Definition of hieroglyph:
- hieroglyph (noun):
- a character used in a system of hieroglyphic writing
- a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.
Synonyms for hieroglyph:
depiction
drawing
etching
hieratic
hieratic script
hieroglyphic
icon
ideogram
ideograph
ikon
illustration
image
likeness
orthography
photograph
picture
portrait
representation
resemblance
view
watercolor
Antonyms for hieroglyph:
blank
written account
written record
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
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- contravene
- barquettes
- accounted
- summarize
- racketeer
- purifies
- jittery
- handiwork
- emotive
- reference
- proclaiming
- Jocosa
- eroded
- demanded
- cross-crosslet
- cereals
- horseshoe
- villagers
- unconfirmed
- retracing
- newspaper
- manacle
- entrusted
- comradeship
- roadroller
- reachable
- publicise
- impatience
- exhaustive
- trailblazing
- shadowing
- headquarters
- expiate
- doddery
- caroling
- bankruptcy
- treachery
- cauterize
- strangulate
- housemaid
- dismembered
- adeptness
- ventilate
- plumber's snake
- gravestone
- decompressed
- belabour
- whispering
- unconfined
- … more
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