Definition
A piece of art where words or letters are arranged to create a visual picture or design, not just form regular text.
Etymology
From Greek 'kallos' (beauty) and 'gram' (writing or drawing), combining beautiful writing. The term was popularized in the 20th century by poet Guillaume Apollinaire who used it to describe his concrete poetry.
Kelly Says
Calligrams blur the line between writing and visual art—a single word can be arranged in the shape of what it describes, like the word 'butterfly' forming wing shapes, making language do double duty as both meaning and picture.
Translations
ARالعربية
كالigram
kali-gram
BNবাংলা
ক্যালিগ্রাম
ka-li-gram
CACatalà
calligram
kal-i-gram
CSČeština
calligram
kal-i-gram
DADansk
calligram
kal-i-gram
DEDeutsch
Calligramm
kal-i-gramm
ELΕλληνικά
καλλιγράμμα
kali-gram-ma
ESEspañol
caligram
kal-i-gram
FAفارسی
کالigram
kali-gram
FISuomi
calligram
kal-i-gram
FRFrançais
calligramme
kal-i-gram
GUGU
કૅલિગ્રામ
ka-li-gram
HAHA
calligram
kal-i-gram
HEעברית
קלליגרם
kali-gram
HIहिन्दी
कैलोग्राम
kai-lo-gram
HUMagyar
calligram
kal-i-gram
IDBahasa Indonesia
calligram
kal-i-gram
IGIG
calligram
kal-i-gram
ITItaliano
calligramma
kal-li-gram-ma
KMKM
កាលីក្រាម
kali-kra-am
KO한국어
캘리그램
gyeolli-geuream
MRMR
कॅलोग्राम
ka-lo-gram
MSBahasa Melayu
calligram
kal-i-gram
MYမြန်မာ
ကလိဂရမ်
kali-gram
NLNederlands
calligram
kal-i-gram
NONorsk
calligram
kal-i-gram
PAPA
ਕੈਲੀਗ੍ਰਾਮ
kai-li-gram
PLPolski
calligram
kal-i-gram
PTPortuguês
caligram
kal-i-gram
RORomână
calligram
kal-i-gram
RUРусский
Calligram
Kal-li-gram
SVSvenska
calligram
kal-i-gram
SWKiswahili
calligram
kali-gram
TAதமிழ்
கலிலிграфம்
kal-i-li-grafam
TEతెలుగు
కల్లిగ్రాఫం
kalli-gra-fan
THไทย
คัลลิกราฟ
kal-li-gra-f
TLTL
calligram
kal-i-gram
TRTürkçe
calligram
kal-i-gram
UKУкраїнська
Каліграм
Kal-i-gram
URاردو
کالigram
kali-gram
VITiếng Việt
calligram
kal-i-gram
YOYO
calligram
kal-i-gram
ZH中文
卡利igram
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