tetragram
English
Alternative forms
- tetragramme (very rare)
Pronunciation
- enPR: tĕ′-trə-grăm', IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹə.ˌɡɹæm/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɹəɡɹæm
- Rhymes: -ɡɹæm
Noun
tetragram (plural tetragrams)
- A group of four letters.
- In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
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Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton). By surface analysis, tetra- + -gram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛtˈraɡ.ram/
- Rhymes: -aɡram
- Syllabification: tet‧rag‧ram
Noun
tetragram m inan
- Tetragrammaton
- Synonyms: tetragramaton, tetragrammaton
- (linguistics) tetragram (group of four letters)
Declension
Further reading
- tetragram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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