PHONOGRAM

phonogram

(noun) any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

phonogram (plural phonograms)

(linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives.

(legal) An audio recording, regardless of physical format.

Anagrams

• monograph, nomograph

Source: Wiktionary

Pho"no*gram, n. Etym: [Phono- + -gram.]

1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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