orthographic

English

Alternative forms

• orthographick (obsolete)

Etymology

ortho- +‎ -graph +‎ -ic. Compare French orthographique, Latin orthographus, Ancient Greek ὀρθογράφος (orthográphos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːθəˈɡɹæfɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːɹθəˈɡɹæfɪk/

Adjective

orthographic (not comparable)

1. Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
2. Of, or relating to, orthography.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 10:

     This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.

Synonyms

• (maps): orthographical

Translations

projection of maps

• Finnish: ortografinen (fi)
• German: orthographisch (de)
• Macedonian: ортогра́фски (ortográfski)

• Russian: ортогональный (ru) (ortogonalʹnyj), прямоугольный (ru) (prjamougolʹnyj)
• Spanish: ortogonal (es)
• Swedish: ortografisk (sv)

relating to orthography

• Arabic: إِمْلَائِيّ‎ (ʾimlāʾiyy)
• Catalan: ortogràfic
• Danish: ortografisk
• Finnish: ortografinen (fi)
• French: orthographique (fr)
• German: orthographisch (de)
• Hungarian: helyesírási (hu)
• Irish: ortagrafach

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: orthographicus
• Macedonian: правописен m (pravopisen)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ortografic (ro) m
• Russian: орфографи́ческий (ru) (orfografíčeskij)
• Spanish: ortográfico m
• Swedish: ortografisk (sv)