epigraph

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epigraph

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) +‎ γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

epigraph (plural epigraphs)

An inscription, especially on a building.
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
(mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “mathematics”): hypograph

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

inscription

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: epígraf (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 題詞 / 题词 (zh) (tící), 碑文 (zh) (bēiwén)
Esperanto: epigrafo
Estonian: epigraaf
Finnish: epigrafi
French: épigraphe (fr) f
Friulian: epigrafe f
German: Epigraph (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπιγραφή f (epigraphḗ)
Hungarian: felirat (hu)
Irish: eipeagraf m
Italian: epigrafe (it) f
Japanese: 碑文 (ja) (ひぶん, hibun), エピグラフ (epigurafu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: epigraf m

Nynorsk: epigraf m
Polish: epigraf (pl) m
Portuguese: epígrafe (pt) f
Romanian: epigraf (ro)
Russian: эпи́граф (ru) m (epígraf)
Serbo-Croatian: епѝграф m
Spanish: epígrafe (es) m
Swedish: epigraf (sv) c

literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text

Armenian: բնաբան (hy) (bnaban)
Czech: motto (cs) n
Dutch: motto (nl) n
French: épigraphe (fr) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: epigraf m

Nynorsk: epigraf m
Polish: motto (pl) n, epigraf (pl) m
Portuguese: epígrafe (pt) f
Romanian: epigraf (ro)
Russian: эпиграф (ru) m (epigraf)
Spanish: epígrafe (es) m
Ukrainian: епіграф (epihraf)

set of all points lying on or above a mathematical function's graph

French: épigraphe (fr) m

Verb

epigraph (third-person singular simple present epigraphs, present participle epigraphing, simple past and past participle epigraphed)

(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

Anagrams

pie graph