phonogram
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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How to use phonogram in a sentence
Soon after, he took top leadership roles at British record labels including Arista, phonogram and MCA UK.
Attention is not called here to the various vowel sounds, but the complete phonogram is taught at sight.
How to Teach Phonics | Lida M. WilliamsA pupil thinks of a word containing a known phonogram, which is communicated to the teacher.
How to Teach Phonics | Lida M. WilliamsThe teacher writes a phonogram on the board and below it all the consonant sounds from which words may be built.
How to Teach Phonics | Lida M. WilliamsWhen he has finished the sheet, or phonogram, as I call it, it is ready for putting into a little box made on purpose for mails.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 | Various
It then came to stand as a phonogram to express the word nefer, good.
Evolution in Art | Alfred C. Haddon
British Dictionary definitions for phonogram
/ (ˈfəʊnəˌɡræm) /
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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