orthographic

English

Alternative forms

• orthographick (obsolete)

Etymology

From ortho- +‎ -graph +‎ -ic. Compare French orthographique, Latin orthographus, Ancient Greek ὀρθογράφος (orthográphos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːθəˈɡɹæfɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːɹθəˈɡɹæfɪk/
• Rhymes: -æfɪk

Adjective

orthographic (not comparable)

1. Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
2. Of, or relating to, orthography.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 10:

     This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.

Synonyms

• (maps): orthographical

Derived terms

• orthographic neighbor
• orthographic neighborhood
• orthographic neighbour
• orthographic neighbourhood

Translations

projection of maps

Czech: ortografický Finnish: ortografinen (fi) German: orthographisch (de) Hungarian: ortografikus Macedonian: ортогра́фски (ortográfski) Russian: орфографи́ческий (ru) (orfografíčeskij) Spanish: ortogonal (es) Swedish: ortografisk (sv)

relating to orthography

Arabic: إِمْلَائِيّ (ʔimlāʔiyy) Armenian: ուղղագրական (hy) (uġġagrakan) Belarusian: арфаграфі́чны (arfahrafíčny), артаграфі́чны (artahrafíčny) (Taraškievica), правапі́сны (pravapísny), правапіса́льны (pravapisálʹny) Bulgarian: правопи́сен (pravopísen), ортографи́чен (ortografíčen) Catalan: ortogràfic Czech: pravopisný, ortografický Danish: ortografisk Dutch: orthografisch (nl) Finnish: ortografinen (fi) French: orthographique (fr) Georgian: ორთოგრაფიული (ortograpiuli) German: orthographisch (de) Hungarian: helyesírási (hu) Irish: ortagrafach Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: orthographicus Macedonian: правописен m (pravopisen) Norwegian: Bokmål: ortografisk Polish: ortograficzny (pl) Portuguese: ortográfico (pt) Romanian: ortografic (ro) m Russian: орфографи́ческий (ru) (orfografíčeskij), правопи́сный (ru) (pravopísnyj) Slovak: pravopisný, ortografický Slovene: pravopisen, ortografski Spanish: ortográfico (es) Swedish: ortografisk (sv) Ukrainian: орфографі́чний (uk) (orfohrafíčnyj), ортографі́чний (ortohrafíčnyj), правопи́сний (pravopýsnyj)