Epigraph

Definitions: Epigraph

Epigraph

Noun

1. A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.

2. An engraved inscription.

Date "epigraph" was first used: 1624. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Publishing & Graphic Arts	Chapter heading, quotation on a title page or at head of chapter. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Indication	Type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation; epigraph, motto, posy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Epigraph

Non-English Usage: "Epigraph" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (epigraph).

Domain	Title
Books	Aus Lydien : epigraph.-geograph. Reisefrüchte (reference) Die Götterkulte Nordmakedoniens in römischer Zeit : e. kult. u. typolog. Unters. anhand epigraph., numismat. u. archäolog. Denkmäler (reference) Inschriften der Griechen : epigraph. Quellen zur Geschichte d. antiken Medizin (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Epigraph" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Epigraph" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	94.74%	18	82,615
Lexical Verb (base form)	5.26%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

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Language		Translations for "epigraph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		epigraf. (various references)

Arabic		‏كتابة منقوشة, ‏عبارة مقتبسة (inscription). (various references)

Bulgarian		надпис (heading, inscription, label, legend, lettering, notice, scripture, superscription, title), епиграф. (various references)

Czech		epigraf (legend). (various references)

Danish		motto. (various references)

Dutch		motto (motto), bovenschrift. (various references)

Farsi		نوشته (Deposition, Inscription, Manuscript, Opus, Paperwork, Record, Scrip, Writ), کتیبه (Coping, Cornice, Inscription), سرلوحه (Caption, Signboard). (various references)

French		épigraphe. (various references)

German		motto (device, motto, password, posy, slogan). (various references)

Greek		επιγραφή (docket, fascia, fascia board, front strip, header, inscription, label, labelling, sign, superscription). (various references)

Hebrew		אפי�'רף. (various references)

Hungarian		felirat (caption, inscription, label, lettering, petition, remonstrance, subtitle, superscription, title), felírás (inscription, letterhead). (various references)

Indonesian		inskripsi. (various references)

Italian		epigrafe. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		金石 (metal and stone utensils, minerals and rocks), 題辞 (prefatory words), 題言 (prefatory words), 碑文 (epitaph, inscription), エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"せき (metal and stone utensils, minerals and rocks), ひぶ�" (epitaph, inscription), エ�"グラフ , � い�'�" (advocacy, attorney, pleading by proxy, prefatory words, speaking for another), � いじ (important, letters in a title, one's lines, prefatory words, serious matter, valuable, words). (various references)

Pig Latin		epigraphay

Portuguese		epigrama, epígrafe (degree, epigraphy, heading, mote, title). (various references)

Romanian		epigraf. (various references)

Russian		эпиграф (motto). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		epigraf. (various references)

Spanish		epígrafe. (various references)

Swedish		motto (device, lemma, motto, word), inskription (inscription, writing). (various references)

Thai		ตัวหนังสือที่แกะสลักไว้บนรูปปั้นอนุเสาวรีย์หรือสิ่งก่อสร้าง, คำอ้างอิงในตอนต้นของหนังสือ, บท, ตอน ซึ่งมักจะเกี่ยวข้องกับแก่นของเรื่อง. (various references)

Turkish		epigraf, yazıt (inscription, legend, scripture, tablet), kitabe (epitaph, inscription, legend, panel, tablet, writing), özdeyiş (adage, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, byword, dicta, dictum, gnome, morals, saying, sentence). (various references)

Turkmen		epigraf (r). (various references)

Ukranian		епіграф (motto). (various references)

Welsh		arysgrifen (inscription), arysgrif (inscription). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	epigraphe. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epigraph": epigrapher, epigraphers, epigraphic, epigraphical, epigraphically, epigraphies, epigraphist, epigraphists, epigraphs, epigraphy. (additional references)
	Words ending with "epigraph": pseudepigraph. (additional references)
	Words containing "epigraph": pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraphies, pseudepigraphon, pseudepigraphs, pseudepigraphy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "epigraph" (pronounced 'Ep"i*graph'): Accelerograph, Actinograph, Allograph, Anaglyptograph, Anagraph, Anapnograph, Anemograph, Anemometrograph, Antigraph, Apograph, Arcograph, Autochronograph, Barograph, Barometrograph, Barothermograph, Bibliograph, Brontograph, Cardiagraph, Cardiograph, Cardiosphygmograph, Cerograph, Chirograph, Chorograph, Chromograph, Chromolithograph, Chromophotograph, Chronograph, Chronophotograph, Cinematograph, Cinemograph, Comptograph, Copygraph, Cryptograph, Curvograph, Cyclograph, Diagraph, Dictagraph, Dictograph, Digraph, Diplograph, Duograph, Dynamograph, Eidograph, Electro-chronograph, Ellipsograph, Elliptograph, Ergograph, Fluviograph, Galvanograph, Glyphograph. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-p-p-r"
	-1 letter: gappier, happier.
	-2 letters: gipper, grippe, hegari, hegira, hipper, pipage.
	-3 letters: gaper, gerah, grape, graph, gripe, pager, paper, parge, phage, piper, raphe.
	-4 letters: ager, aper, epha, gape, gear, grip, hair, hare, harp, heap, hear, heir, hire, page, pair, pare, peag, pear, peri, perp, pier, pipe, prep, prig, rage, ragi, rape, reap, repp, rhea, ripe.
	-5 letters: age.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-p-p-r"
	+1 letter: epigraphs, epigraphy, epiphragm.
	+2 letters: epigrapher, epigraphic, epiphragms, preshaping.
	+3 letters: epigraphers, epigraphies, epigraphist, hyperphagia, hyperphagic, paperweight.
	+4 letters: apprehending, coprophagies, epigraphical, epigraphists, hyperphagias, paleographic, paperhanging, paperweights, petrographic, reprographic, topographies, typographies.
	+5 letters: paleographies, paperhangings, petrographies, phlebographic, phonographies, photographies, physiographer, pictographies, planographies, pornographies, prepurchasing, pseudepigraph, reprographics, reprographies, sharecropping, supergraphics.
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