tetragram

English

Alternative forms

• tetragramme (very rare)

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ′-trə-grăm', IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/

Noun

tetragram (plural tetragrams)

1. A group of four letters.
2. In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

Synonyms

• tetragraph

Coordinate terms

• monogram, digram, trigram, hexagram

See also

• (Tai Xuan Jing tetragrams): 𝌆, 𝌇, 𝌈, 𝌉, 𝌊, 𝌋, 𝌌, 𝌍, 𝌎, 𝌏, 𝌐, 𝌑, 𝌒, 𝌓, 𝌔, 𝌕, 𝌖, 𝌗, 𝌘, 𝌙, 𝌚, 𝌛, 𝌜, 𝌝, 𝌞, 𝌟, 𝌠, 𝌡, 𝌢, 𝌣, 𝌤, 𝌥, 𝌦, 𝌧, 𝌨, 𝌩, 𝌪, 𝌫, 𝌬, 𝌭, 𝌮, 𝌯, 𝌰, 𝌱, 𝌲, 𝌳, 𝌴, 𝌵, 𝌶, 𝌷, 𝌸, 𝌹, 𝌺, 𝌻, 𝌼, 𝌽, 𝌾, 𝌿, 𝍀, 𝍁, 𝍂, 𝍃, 𝍄, 𝍅, 𝍆, 𝍇, 𝍈, 𝍉, 𝍊, 𝍋, 𝍌, 𝍍, 𝍎, 𝍏, 𝍐, 𝍑, 𝍒, 𝍓, 𝍔, 𝍕, 𝍖

Anagrams

• Margarett

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton). By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈtra.ɡram/
• Rhymes: -aɡram
• Syllabification: te‧tra‧gram

Noun

tetragram m inan (related adjective tetragramowy)

1. Tetragrammaton

   Synonyms: tetragramaton, tetragrammaton

2. (linguistics) tetragram (group of four letters)

Declension

Declension of tetragram

	singular	plural
nominative	tetragram	tetragramy
genitive	tetragramu	tetragramów
dative	tetragramowi	tetragramom
accusative	tetragram	tetragramy
instrumental	tetragramem	tetragramami
locative	tetragramie	tetragramach
vocative	tetragramie	tetragramy

Further reading

• “tetragram”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)