"-gram" meaning in English

See -gram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈɡɹæm/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈɡɹeə̯m/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈɡrɛə̯m/ (note: æ-raising) Forms: -gramme [alternative]
Etymology: From γράμμα (grámma, “written character, letter, that which is drawn”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|grc:γράμμα<id:written>|id=something recorded}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "written", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to scratch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to scratch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to carve", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gerbʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*grə́pʰō", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γρᾰ́φω", "gloss" : "to write", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "nominalizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-mə", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μᾰ", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "result noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γράμμα", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-gram", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="something recorded" data-lang="en" data-title="-gram" id="English:_something_recorded"> Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -gram, {{en-suffix}} -gram
  1. Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (that written, drawn): -graph Translations (something written): -grama [masculine] (Catalan), -gram [neuter] (Danish), -grammi (Finnish), -gramme [masculine] (French), -grama [masculine] (Galician), -gramm [neuter] (German), -gram (Hungarian), -gramma (Italian), -gram [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), -gram [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -gram [masculine] (Polish), -grama (Portuguese), -grama [masculine] (Spanish), -gram [neuter] (Swedish), -graf (Turkish), -grama (Venetan)
    Sense id: en--gram-en-suffix-vxA8F~4O Disambiguation of 'that written, drawn': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'something written': 94 6
  2. A star polygon, with the number of points indicated by the numeral prefix. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--gram-en-suffix-6iWzzZT2 Categories (other): English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Instagram, 'Gram
Derived forms: cisternogram, correlogram, cosmogram, engram, gyrogram, histogram, interferogram, logogram, meteogram (english: a time cross-section producing and using data for a specific weather station on the ground), monogram, n-gram (english: a type of probabilistic model for predicting the next item in a sequence), nastygram, Ntigram, photogram, pictogram, radargram, reflectogram, renogram, scintigram, sonogram, spectrogram, stereogram, trigram, zymogram, Lexical, alphagram, ambigram, anagram, ideogram, semantogram, pangram, Types of message, candygram, datagram, strippergram, telegram, Types of geometric figures, decagram, enneagram, hendecagram (english: a star polygon that has eleven points), heptagram, hexagram, octagram, parallelogram, pentagram

Alternative forms

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      "word": "photogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "pictogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "radargram"
    },
    {
      "word": "reflectogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "renogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "scintigram"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectrogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "stereogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "trigram"
    },
    {
      "word": "zymogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lexical"
    },
    {
      "word": "alphagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambigram"
    },
    {
      "word": "anagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "ideogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "semantogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "pangram"
    },
    {
      "word": "Types of message"
    },
    {
      "word": "candygram"
    },
    {
      "word": "datagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "strippergram"
    },
    {
      "word": "telegram"
    },
    {
      "word": "Types of geometric figures"
    },
    {
      "word": "decagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "enneagram"
    },
    {
      "english": "a star polygon that has eleven points",
      "translation": "a star polygon that has eleven points",
      "word": "hendecagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "heptagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "hexagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "octagram"
    },
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      "word": "parallelogram"
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      "word": "pentagram"
    }
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      "word": "Instagram"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "nonagram"
        }
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæm/",
      "note": "without æ-raising"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹeə̯m/",
      "note": "æ-raising"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrɛə̯m/",
      "note": "æ-raising"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "that written, drawn",
      "word": "-graph"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-grama"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-grammi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-gramme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-grama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-gramm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-gramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-grama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-grama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "something written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "sense": "something written",
      "word": "-grama"
    }
  ],
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}

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