calligraphie

calligraphy

noun ka-lee-gra-FEE Rare

Origin: from Greek kallos (beauty) + graphia (writing)

Usage Note

Calligraphie refers both to the art of beautiful handwriting and to a piece produced by that art. It has seen renewed popular interest in France as a hobby and in wedding stationery. The related verb calligraphier means 'to write in calligraphy', and a practitioner is called a calligraphe.

Examples

"Elle pratique la calligraphie arabe depuis dix ans."

Natural Translation

She has been practising Arabic calligraphy for ten years.

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