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Orthografie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • orthography noun A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
  • spelling noun The act or skill of putting letters in the correct order to form words.

Senses

Orthografie is used for these senses in English:

  • orthography (countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
  • orthography (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
  • spelling (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
  • spelling (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

orthography — full definition

  1. noun A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
  2. noun A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
  3. noun The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
  4. noun Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.

spelling — full definition

  1. noun The act or skill of putting letters in the correct order to form words.
  2. noun A particular way of writing a word.

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