HIEROGLYPH Meaning of HIEROGLYPH in English [hi.ero.glyph] n [F hieroglyphe, fr. MF, back-formation fr. hieroglyphique] (1598) 1: a character used in a system of hieroglyphic writing 2: something that resembles a hieroglyph Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012