phonogram

[ foh-nuh-gram ]

/ ˈfoʊ nəˌgræm /

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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.

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Origin of phonogram

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

OTHER WORDS FROM phonogram

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

Words nearby phonogram

phonics, phono, phonocardiogram, phonocardiograph, phonochemistry, phonogram, phonograph, phonographic, phonography, phonol., phonolite

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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.
Piers Morgan’s Comeback Strategy|Shelley Ross|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Attention is not called here to the various vowel sounds, but the complete phonogram is taught at sight.
How to Teach Phonics|Lida M. Williams
A pupil thinks of a word containing a known phonogram, which is communicated to the teacher.
How to Teach Phonics|Lida M. Williams
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

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
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

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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