monogram

English

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monogram

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Alternative forms

• monogramme (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.nəˌɡɹæm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nəˌɡɹæm/
• Rhymes: -ɒnəɡɹæm
• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧gram

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

References

• “†monogram, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Etymology 2

Formed as mono- +‎ -gram, by analogy with epigram.

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

References

• “†monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Etymology 3

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

   Hyponym: Christogram

   • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:

     It dates from 1909-1911, when the then District Railway (its DR monogram is on one of the roundels in the fine plasterwork) rebuilt its Victoria station.

Translations

See also

• royal cypher
• imperial cypher
• tughra

References

• “monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Verb

monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming or monograming, simple past and past participle monogrammed or monogramed)

1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

Translations

References

• “monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Etymology 4

One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination.

1. the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven
2. the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth
3. the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination)

Anagrams

• nomogram

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

monogram

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -gram.

Noun

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram or monogrammer, definite plural monogramma or monogrammene)

1. a monogram

References

• “monogram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

monogram

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -gram.

Noun

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram, definite plural monogramma)

1. a monogram

References

• “monogram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

monogram

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnɔɡ.ram/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Syllabification: mo‧nog‧ram

Noun

monogram m inan

1. monogram

Declension

Further reading

• monogram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• monogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

monogram n (plural monograme)

1. Alternative form of monogramă

Declension