'Phonogram' definitions:
Definition of 'phonogram'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word
Definition of 'Phonogram'
From: GCIDE
- Phonogram \Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.]
- 1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph. [1913 Webster]