hagiographie
French
Alternative forms
- agiographie
Etymology
hagio- + -graphie, from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi/
Audio (file) - Homophones: agiographie, agiographies, hagiographies
- Hyphenation: ha‧gio‧gra‧phie
Noun
hagiographie f (plural hagiographies)
- hagiography (study of saints)
- biography of a saint or saints
Derived terms
- hagiographique
Further reading
- “hagiographie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.