Meanings
monogram1
monogram2
monogram3
plural monograms · alternative monogramme
- 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.
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.
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
present singular third person monograms · participle present monogramming · participle present rare monograming · participle past monogrammed · past monogrammed · participle past rare monogramed · past rare monogramed · alternative monogramme
- transitiveTo mark something with a monogram.
monogram4
plural monograms · alternative monogramme
- One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination:
- the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;
- the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;
- the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
monogram · noun
- Frenchmonogramme
- Englishmonogram
From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).
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Full word history & related roots →monogram · noun, verb
- Medieval Greekμονόγραμμον
- Latinmonogrammum
- Englishmonogram
The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Medieval 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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian моногра́ма
- моногра́ма (monográma)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Catalan monograma
- monogramaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Chinese Mandarin 花押字
- 花押字 (huāyāzì)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Czech monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Danish monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Dutch monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Esperanto monogramo
- monogramoa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Finnish monogrammi
- monogrammia design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
French monogramme, monogrammer
- monogrammea design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- monogrammer(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
German Monogramm, monogrammieren
- Monogramma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- monogrammieren(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
Greek μονόγραμμα
- μονόγραμμα (monógramma)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Hungarian monogram, monogramoz
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- monogramoz(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
Icelandic fangamark
- fangamarka design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Italian monogramma, incidere
- monogrammaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- incidere(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
- contrassegnare(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
- intagliare(transitive) to mark something with a monogram
Japanese モノグラム
- モノグラム (monoguramu)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Korean 모노그램
- 모노그램 (monogeuraem)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Latvian monogramma
- monogrammaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Lithuanian monograma
- monogramaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Norwegian Bokmål monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Polish monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Portuguese sigla, monograma
- siglaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- monogramaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Romanian monogramă
- monogramăa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Russian моногра́мма, ве́нзель
- моногра́мма (monográmma)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
- ве́нзель (vénzelʹ)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Spanish monograma
- monogramaa design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Swedish monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Turkish monogram
- monograma design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Ukrainian моногра́ма
- моногра́ма (monohráma)a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with monogram
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Cite this entry
monogram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogram
“monogram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogram. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monogram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogram.
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