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orthography

/awr-thog-ruh-fee/US // ɔrˈθɒg rə fi //UK // (ɔːˈθɒɡrəfɪ) //

正字法,拼写法,正字法学,拼写学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural or·thog·ra·phies for 3-5.

    • : the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
    • : the part of language study concerned with letters and spelling.
    • : a method of spelling, as by the use of an alphabet or other system of symbols; spelling.
    • : a system of such symbols: Missionaries provided the first orthography for the language.
    • : an orthographic projection, or an elevation drawn by means of it.

Examples

  • The orthography of the printed original of the Relation Dernire is an interesting mixture of old and new styles.

  • A certain gentleman, not well skilled in orthography, requested his friend to send him too monkeys.

  • The language of the Félibres had now a fixed orthography and definite grammatical form.

  • In the orthography of the Félibres the diagraph ue is used as we find it in Old French to represent this vowel.

  • He is said to have published also two books, one on Polish orthography in 1866 and one on popular astronomy in 1869.