epígrafe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “to inscribe”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, carve”).

• Hyphenation: e‧pí‧gra‧fe

epígrafe f (plural epígrafes)

1. epigraph (ancient inscription)

• “epígrafe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “epígrafe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “to inscribe”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, carve”).

• IPA^(key): /eˈpiɡɾafe/ [eˈpi.ɣ̞ɾa.fe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾafe
• Syllabification: e‧pí‧gra‧fe

epígrafe m (plural epígrafes)

1. epigraph

• “epígrafe”, 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