Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable)A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.

    Orthographie, Orthografie

    орфогра́фияorfográfija

    a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

  2. (countable)A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.

    Rechtschreibung, Schreibweise

  3. (uncountable)The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.

    Rechtschreibkunde

    орфогра́фияorfográfija, правописа́ниеpravopisánije, спе́ллингspélling

  4. (uncountable)Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.

    Orthografie, Rechtschreibung, Orthographie

    орфогра́фияorfográfija, правописа́ниеpravopisánije, спе́ллингspélling

    право́писpravópys, орфогра́фіяorfohráfija, ортогра́фіяortohráfija

  5. (countable)A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made in this way.

  6. (countable, obsolete)Synonym of orthographer (“someone knowledgeable in spelling rules”).

Examples

21 sentences
  1. The language has no standard orthography.

  2. French orthography is more consistent than English.

  3. Why does the language have such a strange orthography?

  4. English has an odd phonology and an odd orthography.

  5. My grandfather sometimes writes in the old kana orthography.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
correct spelling according to established usage:
Русский
By meaning 2
method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols — see also spelling:
aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols — see also spelling:
set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks:
aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words:

Origin

The noun is derived from Late Middle English ortografie, ortographie (“spelling”) [and oth

The noun is derived from Late Middle English ortografie, ortographie (“spelling”) [and other forms], and then either:

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Forms

plural: orthographies
Singularorthography
Pluralorthographies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols:writing system

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orthography — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto