bustrofedon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón).

• IPA^(key): /bus.trɔˈfɛ.dɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɔn
• Syllabification: bus‧tro‧fe‧don

bustrofedon m inan (related adjective bustrofedoniczny)

1. (epigraphy) boustrophedon (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)

• bustrofedon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French boustrophédon, from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón).

bustrofedon n (uncountable)

1. (epigraphy) boustrophedon (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)

• IPA^(key): /bustɾoˈfedon/ [bus.t̪ɾoˈfe.ð̞õn]
• Rhymes: -edon
• Syllabification: bus‧tro‧fe‧don

bustrofedon m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of bustrófedon

• “bustrofedon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025