English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ortografie , Middle French orthographie , and their source, Latin orthographia , from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία ( orthographía ) , from ὀρθός ( orthós , “ correct ” ) and γράφω ( gráphō , “ write ” ) .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ɔːˈθɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : ôrthäʹgrəfē , IPA (key ) : /ɔɹˈθɑɡ.ɹə.fi/
Hyphenation: or‧thog‧ra‧phy
Noun
orthography (countable and uncountable , plural orthographies )
The study of correct spelling according to established usage .
The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words .
Synonym of spelling : the specific method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols .
( architecture ) Orthographic projection ; especially its use to draw an elevation , vertical projection etc. of a building .
Quotations
Synonyms
( study of representing sound in writing ) : orthoepy ( inexact )
Coordinate terms
( study of representing sound in writing ) : orthoepy
Derived terms
Translations
study of correct spelling
Albanian: ortografi (sq) f
Arabic: عِلْم اَلْإِمْلَاء m ( ʕilm al-ʔimlāʔ ) , هِجَاء m ( hijāʔ ) , تَهْجِئَة f ( tahjiʔa ) , إِمْلَاء m ( ʔimlāʔ )
Armenian: ուղղագրություն (hy) ( uġġagrutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: orfoqrafiya (az) , imla
Belarusian: пра́вапіс m ( právapis ) , арфагра́фія f ( arfahráfija )
Bulgarian: правопи́с (bg) m ( pravopís ) , ортогра́фия (bg) f ( ortográfija )
Burmese: စာလုံးပေါင်းသတ်ပုံ (my) ( calum:paung:satpum )
Catalan: ortografia (ca) f
Cebuano: ortograpiya
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正字法 (zh) ( zhèngzìfǎ ) , 拼字 (zh) ( pīnzì ) , 拼寫法 / 拼写法 (zh) ( pīnxiěfǎ ) , 拼写法 (zh) ( pīnxiěfǎ ) , 正詞法 / 正词法 ( zhèngcífǎ ) , 正词法 ( zhèngcífǎ ) , 拼寫 / 拼写 (zh) ( pīnxiě ) , 拼写 (zh) ( pīnxiě ) , 寫法 / 写法 (zh) ( xiěfǎ ) , 写法 (zh) ( xiěfǎ ) , 正字學 / 正字学 ( zhèngzìxué ) , 正字学 ( zhèngzìxué )
Czech: pravopis m
Danish: ortografi c , retskrivning c
Dutch: spelling (nl) f
Estonian: ortograafia
Faroese: rættskriving f
Finnish: ortografia (fi) , oikeinkirjoitusoppi
French: orthographe (fr) f
Galician: ortografía (gl) f
Georgian: მართლწერა ( martlc̣era ) , ორთოგრაფია (ka) ( ortograpia )
German: Orthografie (de) f , Rechtschreibung (de) f
Greek: ορθογραφία (el) f ( orthografía )
Hebrew: אוֹרתוֹגְרָפִיָה
Hindi: इमला (hi) ( imlā )
Hungarian: helyesírás (hu)
Icelandic: réttritun (is) f
Indonesian: ortografi (id)
Irish: ortagrafaíocht f
Japanese: 正字法 ( せいじほう, seijihō ) , 綴り ( つづり, tsuzuri ) , 文字綴り ( moji-tsuzuri ) , 正書法 (ja) ( せいしよほう, seishohō ) , オーソグラフィー ( ōsogurafī ) , スペリング ( superingu ) , スペル ( superu ) , 綴り字 ( つづりじ, tsuzuriji )
Kazakh: орфография ( orfografiä ) , емле ( emle )
Khmer: អក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ ( ʼakkhaʼraavirut )
Korean: 맞춤법 (ko) ( matchumbeop ) , 철자법 (ko) ( cheoljabeop )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . , Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: орфография ( orfografiya )
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Lao: ອັກຂະລະວິທີ ( ʼak kha la wi thī )
Latvian: ortogrāfija f , pareizrakstība f
Lithuanian: ortografija f
Macedonian: правопис m ( pravopis ) , ортографија f ( ortografija )
Malay: ejaan , ortografi , eja
Mongolian: зөв бичих зүй ( zöv bičix züj )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ortografi (no) m , rettskriving (no) m or f , rettskrivning m or f
Nynorsk: ortografi m , rettskriving f
Pashto: املا (ps) f ( emlã ) , ليکدود m ( likdód )
Persian: املا (fa) ( emlâ )
Polish: ortografia (pl) f , pisownia (pl) f
Portuguese: ortografia (pt) f
Romanian: ortografie (ro) f
Russian: орфогра́фия (ru) f ( orfográfija ) , правописа́ние (ru) n ( pravopisánije ) , спе́ллинг m ( spɛ́lling ) ( of English )
Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра̏вопӣс m , ортогра̀фија f
Roman: prȁvopīs (sh) m , ortogràfija (sh) f
Slovak: pravopis m
Slovene: pravopís (sl)
Spanish: ortografía (es) f
Swahili: tahajia , otografia
Swedish: rättstavning (sv) c , ortografi (sv) c
Tagalog: palabaybayan
Tajik: имло ( imlo )
Thai: อักขรวิธี (th) ( àk-kà-rà-wí-tii )
Turkish: ortografi , yazım (tr) , imla (tr)
Ukrainian: право́пис (uk) m ( pravópys ) , орфогра́фія (uk) f ( orfohráfija )
Urdu: املا (ur) ( imlā )
Uyghur: ئىملا ( imla ) , ئورفوگرافىيە ( orfografiye )
Uzbek: orfografiya (uz) , imlo (uz)
Vietnamese: chính tả (vi) , phép chính tả
Yiddish: אָרטאָגראַפֿיע f ( ortografye )
aspect of language study
Armenian: ուղղագրություն (hy) ( uġġagrutʻyun )
Catalan: ortografia (ca) f
Cebuano: ortograpiya
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: ortografi c , retskrivning c
Dutch: spelling (nl) f
Finnish: ortografia (fi) , oikeinkirjoitusoppi
French: orthographe (fr) f
Galician: ortografía (gl) f
Georgian: მართლწერა ( martlc̣era ) , ორთოგრაფია (ka) ( ortograpia )
Greek: ορθογραφία (el) f ( orthografía )
Irish: ortagrafaíocht f
Latvian: ortogrāfija f , pareizrakstība f
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Macedonian: правопис m ( pravopis ) , ортографија f ( ortografija )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ortografi (no) m , rettskriving (no) m or f , rettskrivning m or f
Nynorsk: ortografi m , rettskriving f
Polish: ortografia (pl) f
Portuguese: ortografia (pt) f
Russian: орфогра́фия (ru) f ( orfográfija ) , правописа́ние (ru) n ( pravopisánije ) , спе́ллинг m ( spɛ́lling ) ( of English )
Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра̏вопӣ m , ортогра̀фија f
Roman: prȁvopīs (sh) m , ortogràfija (sh) f
Spanish: ortografía (es) f
Swedish: ortografi (sv) c
method of representing a language by written symbols
Translations to be checked
Verb
orthography (third-person singular simple present orthographies , present participle orthographying , simple past and past participle orthographied )
( transitive ) To write according to established usage.