phonogram
[ foh-nuh-gram ]
noun
Linguistics. a symbol that represents a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning, such as a letter in the Latin alphabet.: Compare ideogram (def. 1), logogram (def. 1).
Origin of phonogram
1Other words from phonogram
- pho·no·gram·ic, pho·no·gram·mic [foh-nuh-gram-ik], /ˌfoʊ nəˈgræm ɪk/, adjective
- pho·no·gram·i·cal·ly, pho·no·gram·mi·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for phonogram
phonogram
/ (ˈfəʊnəˌɡræm) /
noun
any written symbol standing for a sound, syllable, morpheme, or word
a sequence of written symbols having the same sound in a variety of different words, for example, ough in bought, ought, and brought
Derived forms of phonogram
- phonogramic or phonogrammic, adjective
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