hologram

English

Alternative forms

• hologramme

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă, “that which is written or drawn”), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the Nobel prize winner in physics in 1971 for his work in holography.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm/, (/æ/ raising) [ˈhɑləˌɡɹɛəm]

  • Audio (US):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔləɡɹæm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒləɡɹɛm/, [ˈhɔ̟ləɡɹɛm]

Noun

hologram (plural holograms)

1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

   Synonym: holograph

   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233:

     He turned his head and stared out to sea, longing for the hologram logo of Fuji Electric, for the drone of a helicopter, anything at all.

Derived terms

• hologramize
• hologramlike
• hologrammic
• ID hologram

Related terms

• holograph
• holography
• holon
• light field

Translations

three-dimensional image created by holography

• Aragonese: holograma m
• Catalan: holograma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全息圖 / 全息图 (quánxītú)

• Czech: hologram m
• Dutch: hologram (nl) n
• Finnish: hologrammi (fi)
• French: hologramme (fr) m
• German: Hologramm (de) n
• Greek: ολόγραμμα (el) n (ológramma)
• Hindi: होलोग्राम m (hologrām)
• Hungarian: hologram (hu)
• Indonesian: hologram (id)
• Irish: holagram m
• Japanese: ホログラム (horoguramu)
• Korean: 홀로그램 (hollogeuraem)
• Persian: هولوگرام (hologerâm)
• Polish: hologram (pl) m
• Portuguese: holograma m
• Romanian: hologramă (ro) f
• Russian: гологра́мма (ru) f (golográmma)
• Sicilian: alugramma m, ulugramma m
• Spanish: holograma (es) m
• Swahili: hologramu (sw)
• Swedish: hologram (sv) n
• Turkish: hologram
• Ukrainian: гологра́ма f (holohráma)
• Vietnamese: ảnh nổi ba chiều
• Welsh: hologram m

Further reading

• holography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoloɡram]

Noun

hologram m inan

1. hologram

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “hologram”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “hologram”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Noun

hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

1. hologram [1969]

Declension

Declension of hologram

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hologram	hologrammet	hologrammer	hologrammerne
genitive	holograms	hologrammets	hologrammers	hologrammernes

References

• “hologram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, probably from English. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦoː.loːˈɣrɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧gram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

hologram n (plural hologrammen, no diminutive)

1. hologram, hologramme [from 1960]

Related terms

• holografie
• holografisch

Polish

hologram sense 1

hologram sense 2

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English hologram, French hologramme, German Hologramm, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) + γραμμή (grammḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɔ.ɡram/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Syllabification: ho‧lo‧gram

Noun

hologram m inan (related adjective hologramowy)

2. (photography) hologram (recording of an interference pattern that can reproduce a 3D light field using diffraction)
4. security hologram (shiny metallic mark placed on a product, banknote, or document, allowing it to be recognized as original)

Declension

Declension of hologram

	singular	plural
nominative	hologram	hologramy
genitive	hologramu	hologramów
dative	hologramowi	hologramom
accusative	hologram	hologramy
instrumental	hologramem	hologramami
locative	hologramie	hologramach
vocative	hologramie	hologramy

Further reading

• “hologram”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “hologram”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• hologram in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔlɔɡram/, [ˈɦɔlɔɡram]
• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Hyphenation: ho‧log‧ram

Noun

hologram m inan

1. hologram

Declension

Declension of hologram
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	hologram	hologramy
genitive	hologramu	hologramov
dative	hologramu	hologramom
accusative	hologram	hologramy
locative	holograme	hologramoch
instrumental	hologramom	hologramami

Further reading

• “hologram”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) + γραμμή (grammḗ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔlɔˈɡram/

Noun

hologram n

1. hologram

Declension

Declension of hologram

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hologram	holograms
	definite	hologrammet	hologrammets
plural	indefinite	hologram	holograms
	definite	hologrammen	hologrammens