phonography

American  

[foh-nog-ruh-fee] / foʊˈnɒg rə fi /

noun

plural

phonographies

1. phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.

2. a system of phonetic shorthand, as that invented by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837.

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phonography British  

/ fəʊˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a writing system that represents sounds by individual symbols Compare logography

2. the employment of such a writing system

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Other Word Forms

• phonographer noun
• phonographist noun

Etymology

Origin of phonography

First recorded in 1695–1705; phono- + -graphy

Example Sentences

The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing.

From Time Magazine Archive

After all, the language will shape itself by larger forces than phonography and dictionary-making.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various

All that has been said and written against the custom will do less towards abolishing it than the recent introduction of lessons in phonography, or stenography rather, which is now taught in several universities.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various

He had been taken by Pitman's then new phonography, and his chief occupation at that time was teaching it wherever at any school he could form a class.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James

For example, in former times the telegraph, which causes the East and the West to communicate, was unknown but not impossible; photography and phonography were unknown but not impossible.”

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá