phonogram

[ foh-nuh-gram ]

/ ˈfoʊ nəˌgræm /

noun

a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.

Nearby words

phonoangiography, phonocardiogram, phonocardiograph, phonocatheter, phonochemistry, phonogram, phonograph, phonographic, phonography, phonol., phonolite

Origin of phonogram

First recorded in 1855–60; phono- + -gram¹

Related forms

pho·no·gram·ic, pho·no·gram·mic, adjectivepho·no·gram·i·cal·ly, pho·no·gram·mi·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for phonogram

Soon after, he took top leadership roles at British record labels including Arista, Phonogram and MCA UK.
Piers Morgan’s Comeback Strategy|Shelley Ross|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This picture writing or hieroglyphic was well developed and in the phonogram stage about 5000 B.C.
Books Before Typography|Frederick W. Hamilton
In 1888 Edison sent his first phonogram by steamer to England.
The Boyhood of Great Inventors|A. Fraser Robertson
The next step forward is the development of the ideogram into the phonogram, or sound sign.
Books Before Typography|Frederick W. Hamilton

When 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
The 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. Williams

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

phonogramic or phonogrammic, adjective

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Medicine definitions for phonogram

phonogram

[ fō′nə-grăm′ ]

n.

A graphic tracing depicting the duration and intensity of a sound.

A character or symbol, as in a phonetic alphabet, representing a word or phoneme in speech.