phonogram

[ foh-nuh-gram ]

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. Compare ideogram ( def 1 ), logogram ( def 1 ).

phonogram

/ 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

Derived Forms

• ˌphonoˈgramic, adjective

Other Words From

• pho·no·gram·ic pho·no·gram·mic [foh-n, uh, -, gram, -ik], adjective
• pho·no·gram·i·cal·ly pho·no·gram·mi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of phonogram¹

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

Example Sentences

Soon after, he took top leadership roles at British record labels including Arista, Phonogram and MCA UK.

From The Daily Beast

Attention is not called here to the various vowel sounds, but the complete phonogram is taught at sight.

From Project Gutenberg

A pupil thinks of a word containing a known phonogram, which is communicated to the teacher.

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The teacher writes a phonogram on the board and below it all the consonant sounds from which words may be built.

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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.

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It then came to stand as a phonogram to express the word nefer, good.

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