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phonogram

noun pho·no·gram \ˈfō-nə-ˌgram\

Definition of PHONOGRAM

1
:  a character or symbol used to represent a word, syllable, or phoneme
2
:  a succession of orthographic letters that occurs with the same phonetic value in several words (as the ight of bright, fight, and flight)
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Origin of PHONOGRAM

International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use: 1864

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