phonogram

American  

[foh-nuh-gram] / ˈfoʊ nəˌgræm /

noun

1. 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.

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phonogram British  

/ ˈfəʊnəˌɡræm /

noun

1. any written symbol standing for a sound, syllable, morpheme, or word

2. a sequence of written symbols having the same sound in a variety of different words, for example, ough in bought, ought, and brought

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• phonogrammically
  adverb
• phonogramically
  adverb
• phonogrammic
  adjective
• phonogramic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of phonogram

First recorded in 1855–60; phono- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Gillen and McKelvie’s first collaboration was Phonogram, a Britpop fantasy in which songs have occult powers; it ran from 2006 and ended last month.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2016

We had been on Slash and Enigma and then a guy at Phonogram who had nurtured Tears for Fears signed Green On Red, Tom Verlaine and Was Not Was in a fit of madness.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2013

Phonogram is an urban fantasy comic, specifically about the idea that music is magic.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013

McKelvie and I never thought we'd get to do a third volume; we actually staged a wake for Phonogram in 2010.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013

Word Cards—Primer Set, 130 cards 1.25 Phonogram Cards—First Reader Set, 115 Cards 1.00 Daily Lesson Plans is the teacher's manual for the first year's work with The Horace Mann Readers.

From The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends by Hix, Melvin