n.
Pronunciation: ' a-l ə - ˌ graf
Function: noun
Date: 1951
1 : a letter of an alphabet in a particular shape (as A or a)
2 : a letter or combination of letters that is one of several ways of representing one phoneme (as pp in hopping representing the phoneme \ p \ )
– al · lo · graph · ic \ ˌ a-l ə - ' gra-fik \ adjective