Standard Lemma guide

sonogram

noun · verb · 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

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  • UK: /ˈsəʊ.nəˌɡɹæm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈsɑnəˌɡɹæm/
  • rhymes with -ɒnəɡɹæm
  • rhymes with -əʊnəɡɹæm
  • CMU ARPABET: S AO1 N AH0 G R AE2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Clipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: echogram, ultrasonogram

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A spectrogram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To perform a sonogram upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: echogram

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon

History

Etymology

From Latin sonus (“sound”) + -gram, equivalent to sono- + -gram.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ecograma — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Czech: sonogram — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Dutch: echogram — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • French: échogramme — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Galician: ecograma — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • German: Sonogramm — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Italian: ecogramma — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Portuguese: ecograma — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • Spanish: ecograma — a medical image produced by ultrasound echo