hieroglyphic

• Sich auf die Hieroglyphenschrift beziehend, besonders die des alten Ägyptens, oder ihr ähnelnd; auch bildlich für etwas schwer zu Lesendes oder Entzifferndes.

Relating to or resembling a system of writing using pictorial symbols, especially that of ancient Egypt; also used figuratively to describe something difficult to read or decipher.

1. Relating to ancient writingB2formal

   Of or relating to a writing system that uses pictorial symbols, especially ancient Egyptian.

   Hieroglyphisch

   • The tomb walls were covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions.
   • She studied hieroglyphic writing at the university.
   • The museum displayed a hieroglyphic tablet from the pharaoh's era.

   Synonymepictographicpictorialsymbolic

2. Difficult to read or understandC1informal

   Used figuratively to describe something that is hard to decipher or interpret.

   Rätselhaft

   • His handwriting is completely hieroglyphic to me.
   • The instructions were so hieroglyphic that nobody could follow them.
   • The ancient map was hieroglyphic in its complexity.

   Synonymeabstrusebafflingcrypticenigmaticillegibleimpenetrableindecipherableinscrutableobscurepuzzlingunintelligibleunreadable

   Antonymeclearcomprehensibledecipherablelegiblereadableunderstandable

• Substantiv, das ein Schriftzeichen oder Symbol der altägyptischen Schrift bezeichnet oder allgemeiner jede Bilderschrift, die anschauliche Zeichen verwendet.

A noun referring to a character or symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing, or more broadly, any writing system that uses pictorial symbols.

1. Ancient Egyptian writing symbolB2formal

   A character used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, consisting of pictures and symbols representing words or sounds.

   Hieroglyphe

   • The tomb walls were covered with intricate hieroglyphics.
   • Scholars spent years deciphering the meaning of each hieroglyphic.
   • The Rosetta Stone helped translate ancient hieroglyphics into Greek.

2. Illegible or mysterious writingB2informal

   Any writing or symbols that are difficult to read or understand, often used informally.

   Unleserliche Schrift

   • The doctor's prescription looked like hieroglyphics to me.
   • His notes were a mess of hieroglyphics that no one could decipher.
   • The ancient manuscript was filled with strange hieroglyphics.

   Synonymechicken scratchciphercryptogramgibberishmumbo jumboscrawlscribblesquiggle