phonogram Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word

WordNet

Pho"no*gram noun
Etymology
Phono- + -gram.
Definitions
  1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.
    Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
  2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.

Webster 1913