monogram

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English

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Etymology 1

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From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, outlined”, “drawn with single lines).

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Noun

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monogram (plural monograms)

  1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

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Etymology 2

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Formed as mono- +‎ -gram, by analogy with epigram.

Noun

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monogram (plural monograms)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

References

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  • †monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Etymology 3

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The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

Noun

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The royal monogram of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), Duchess of Orléans and Alençon

monogram (plural monograms)

  1. A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.
    Hyponym: Christogram
    • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:
      It dates from 1909-1911, when the then District Railway (its DR monogram is on one of the roundels in the fine plasterwork) rebuilt its Victoria station.
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References
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  • monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Verb

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monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming or monograming, simple past and past participle monogrammed or monogramed)

  1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.
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References
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  • monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Etymology 4

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One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination.

  1. the unbroken line for Heaven
  2. the once-broken line for Earth
  3. the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ -gram.

Noun

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monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram or monogrammer, definite plural monogramma or monogrammene)

  1. a monogram

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ -gram.

Noun

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monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram, definite plural monogramma)

  1. a monogram

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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monogram m inan

  1. monogram

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Further reading

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  • monogram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • monogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Noun

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monogram n (plural monograme)

  1. Alternative form of monogramă

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