phonogramn.
/ˈfəʊnəɡram/, U.S. /ˈfoʊnəˌɡræm/ 1. A written character or symbol representing a spoken sound; spec. a letter or symbol in (esp. Isaac Pitman's) shorthand. See phonography n. 2.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > shorthand symbol
discrete1620
logogram1840
grammalogue1845
phraseogram1847
outline1850
phonogram1864
logograph1888
tachygraph1965
1864 I. Pitman Man. Phonogr. (ed. 11) §17. 21 Phonogram, a written letter, or mark, indicating a certain sound, or modification of sound; as—k, ·ah.
1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. i. 22 It is probable that the..step by which the advance was made from ideograms to phonograms arose out of the necessity of expressing proper names.
1895 W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 173 A phonogram is the graphic representation of a sound. An alphabetic character is a phonogram.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. 63 They did not employ it [sc. the alphabet] when they could use word-signs or multi-consonantal phonograms.
1992 English 41 190 She is not concerned with philological questions like the genetic relations between languages, only with constantly variable relations between writing (pictograms, logograms, phonograms, etc.) and things.
2. A sound recording; spec. one made by a phonograph.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > type of
phonogram1878
phonograph record1878
phonautogram1887
re-recording1927
sound picture1928
studio recording1929
talking book1932
wire recording1933
audiobook1942
bootleg1951
music track1953
demo1954
single track1959
soundbite1973
pod2006
1878 Times 19 Aug. 4 We have been promised verbal communication with friends at a distance by sending them a sheet of tinfoil—or phonogram, as we may with propriety term it—impressed with a message from our lips.
1887 Spectator 22 Oct. 1407 The phonograph reports music with absolute exactness, and..the phonogram will keep for a hundred years.
1951 P. Grainger Let. 10–11 Dec. in All-round Man (1994) 256 Madame Lineva's phonograms of polyphonic Great-Russian folksongs.
2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 May 6 Also at risk from disc rot are Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms, credited with being the release that inspired Britons to throw away their phonograms.
3. A telegram that the sender dictates over the telephone.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of
telotype1850
cablegram1868
cable-message1877
phonogram1880
cable1883
ticking1888
aerogram1890
T.T.1893
petit bleu1898
Marconigram1902
radio-telegram1902
radiogram1903
wireless1903
news flash1904
teleflash1904
lettergram1908
day letter1910
night letter telegram1910
night telegraph letter1912
radio1915
printergram1932
teletype1933
greeting telegram1937
telemessage1941
overnight telegram1955
telex1957
1880 Science 10 July 24/2 The suggestion..to designate a message sent by telephone as a Phonogram appears to meet with favor in the English electrical journals.
1932 Telegraph & Telephone Jrnl. Oct. 2/1 Any telephone subscriber can hand over and receive his telegrams by telephone (phonogram service).
1976 R. N. Renton Telegraphy ix. 246/1 As far as the method is reversible, a telegram is delivered to the recipient over the same medium used for handing in, e.g. via phonograms, printergrams or leased teleprinter circuit.
2003 Malay Mail (Nexis) 3 July Malar who could not make it for the funeral, thought a condolence message via a phonogram would be the best way to console the grieving family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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