Definitions for orthographyɔrˈθɒg rə fi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
or•thog•ra•phyɔrˈθɒg rə fi(n.)(pl.)-phies.
the art of writing words with the proper letters according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
Category: Language/Linguistics
language study concerned with letters and spelling.
Category: Language/Linguistics
a method of spelling, as by the use of an alphabet or other system of symbols.
Category: Language/Linguistics
a system of such symbols.
Category: Language/Linguistics
Origin of orthography:
1425–75; late ME ortografye < L orthographia correct writing, orthogonal projection < Gk; see ortho-, -graphy
or•thog′ra•pher(n.)
or•thog′ra•phist.(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
orthography, writing system(noun)
a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
Wiktionary
orthography(Noun)
The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
orthography(Noun)
The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
orthography(Noun)
Spelling; the method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols.
orthography(Noun)
Orthographic projection; especially its use to draw an elevation, vertical projection etc. of a building.
Origin: From ortografie, ortografie, ortographie, and their source, orthographia, from Hellenistic ὀρθογραφία, from and .
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