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phonography

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The transcription of speech using symbols.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A form of shorthand using such symbols.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable, usually

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Pornography; explicit depiction of sexual subject matter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, euphemistic, uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

From French phonographie.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fonografia — transcription of speech using symbol
  • French: phonographie — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Greek: φωνογραφία (fonografía) — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Italian: fonografia — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Portuguese: fonografia — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Russian: фонография (fonografija) — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: fonogràfija — transcription of speech using symbol
  • Spanish: fonografía — transcription of speech using symbol