jean francois champollion

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   Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

   SynonymsChampollion

   BroaderEgyptologist

Questions about jean francois champollion

What does jean francois champollion mean?

jean francois champollion means "Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)".

What is another word for jean francois champollion?

Close synonyms include Champollion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jean francois champollion a common word?

jean francois champollion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.