Meanings
nounphonography (usually uncountable, plural phonographies)
plural phonographies
- uncountableusuallyThe transcription of speech using symbols.
- uncountableusuallyA form of shorthand using such symbols.
- dateduncountableusuallyThe art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
- InterneteuphemisticuncountableusuallyPornography; explicit depiction of sexual subject matter.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Frenchphonographie
- Englishphonography
From French phonographie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fonografia
- fonografiatranscription of speech using symbol
French phonographie
- phonographietranscription of speech using symbol
Greek φωνογραφία
- φωνογραφία (fonografía)transcription of speech using symbol
Italian fonografia
- fonografiatranscription of speech using symbol
Portuguese fonografia
- fonografiatranscription of speech using symbol
Russian фонография
- фонография (fonografija)transcription of speech using symbol
Spanish fonografía
- fonografíatranscription of speech using symbol
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phonography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
phonography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonography
MLA
“phonography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonography.
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