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
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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.
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