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• monogramme (obsolete)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəˌɡɹæm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑ.nəˌɡɹæm/
• 韻: -ɒnəɡɹæm
• ハイフネーション: mo‧no‧gram

語源 1

From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).

名詞

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

参照

• “†monogram, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

語源 2

Formed as mono- +‎ -gram, by analogy with epigram.

名詞

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

参照

• “†monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

語源 3

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

名詞

monogram (plural monograms)

1. A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

   Hyponym: Christogram

   • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:

     It dates from 1909-1911, when the then District Railway (its DR monogram is on one of the roundels in the fine plasterwork) rebuilt its Victoria station.

参考

• royal cypher
• imperial cypher
• tughra

参照

• “monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

動詞

monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming or monograming, simple past and past participle monogrammed or monogramed)

1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

派生語

参照

• “monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

語源 4

名詞

monogram (plural monograms)

1. One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination:
   1. the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;
   2. the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;
   3. the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).

アナグラム

• nomogram