phonography

(fō nägrə fē, fə-)

noun

  1. a written or printed representation of the sounds of speech; phonetic spelling or transcription
  2. any system of shorthand based on a phonetic transcription of speech; esp., the system invented by Sir Isaac Pitman

Origin: phono- + -graphy

See phonography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The science or practice of transcribing speech by means of symbols representing elements of sound; phonetic transcription.
  2. A system of shorthand based on phonetic transcription.

Related Forms:

  • pho·nogˈra·pher, pho·nogˈra·phist noun

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