орфограмма

Russian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, straight, right, true) +‎ γράμμα (grámma, letter, writing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐrfɐˈɡram(ː)ə]

Noun

орфогра́мма • (orfográmmaf inan (genitive орфогра́ммы, nominative plural орфогра́ммы, genitive plural орфогра́мм)

  1. A spelling that is in accordance with orthographic rules, usually etymological or historical rather than phonetic.
  2. A consistently reproducible way to represent phonomorphological features of a given language in writing, such as -ого for the Russian masculine genitive singular of adjectives, instead of the phonetic spelling -ава: но́вого (nóvovo) (nóvəvə).

Declension