orthography

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From Anglo-Norman ortografie, Middle French ortografie, ortographie, and their source, Latin orthographia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία, from ὀρθός (orthos, correct) and γράφω (gráphō, write).

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  • (UK) IPA: /ɔːˈθɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, SAMPA: /O:"TQgr@fi/
  • (US) enPR: ôrthäʹgrəfē, IPA: /ɔɹˈθɑː.ɡɹə.fi/, SAMPA: /Or"TAgr@fi/
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orthography (plural orthographies)

  1. The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
  3. Spelling; the method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols.
  4. (architecture) Orthographic projection; especially its use to draw an elevation, vertical projection etc. of a building.

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