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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDoppelligatur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈdɔpəlˌliɡaˈtuːɐ̯
"Die Doppelligatur verbindet zwei Buchstaben in der historischen Schrift."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A complex typographic glyph formed by the joining of two separate ligatures or letters into a single unified character mark.
"The historical manuscript featured an intricate double-ligature combining the letters s and t." - 2
In musical notation or historical writing systems, a specialized graphical symbol representing a compound ligature configuration.
"Early Renaissance music notation frequently utilized a double-ligature to indicate specific rhythmic groupings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English adjective double, coming from Old French doble and Latin duplus, combined with ligature, originating from Latin ligatura (meaning 'a tying or binding'), from ligare ('to bind'). Historically developed in typography and paleography to describe complex joined character glyphs where two or more letters are fused together into a single distinct grapheme.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Double-ligature" is said worldwide
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ligature double
Transliteration: liɡaʁyʁ dubl
"Ce manuscrit ancien contient une ligature double rare."
Doppelligatur
Transliteration: ˈdɔpəlˌliɡaˈtuːɐ̯
"Die Doppelligatur verbindet zwei Buchstaben in der historischen Schrift."
doppia legatura
Transliteration: ˈdɔppja leɡaˈtuːra
"Il copista ha usato una doppia legatura nel testo."
doble ligadura
Transliteration: ˈdoble liɣaˈduɾa
"La doble ligadura es común en la tipografía antigua."
dupla ligação
Transliteration: ˈduplɐ liɡɐˈsɐw
"O caractere especial representa uma dupla ligação tipográfica."
द्वि-संयोग
Transliteration: dvi-sanyog
"प्राचीन पांडulipi में एक द्वि-संयोग का उपयोग किया गया था।"
双连字
Transliteration: shuāng lián zì
"这个中世纪的手稿包含一个罕见的双连字。"
이중 합자
Transliteration: ijung hapja
"고대 필사본에서 이중 합자가 발견되었습니다."
二重合字
Transliteration: nijū gōji
"その古い写本には珍しい二重合字が使われている。"
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