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phonography

phonography noun: the transcription of speech using symbols.

Noun

phonography (usually uncountable, plural phonographies)

  1. (usually) The transcription of speech using symbols.
  2. (usually) A form of shorthand using such symbols.
  3. (dated, usually) The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
  4. (Internet, euphemistic, usually) Pornography; explicit depiction of sexual subject matter.

Forms of phonography

pluralphonographies

Origin of phonography

From French phonographie.

Words formed from phonography

Words that rhyme with phonography

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Questions about phonography

What does phonography mean?
Phonography means the transcription of speech using symbols.
What part of speech is phonography?
Phonography is a noun.
What is the plural of phonography?
The plural of phonography is phonographies.

Words near phonography in the dictionary

  1. phonographies
  2. phonographing
  3. phonographist
  4. phonographists
  5. phonographs
  6. phonography
  7. phonoideogram
  8. phonoideograms
  9. phonol
  10. phonolexical
  11. phonolite

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