Allograph Definition

ălə-grăf
noun
A variant shape of a letter.
American Heritage
Any of the ways a unit of a writing system, as the letter of an alphabet, is formed or shaped.
Webster's New World
A letter or combination of letters that can represent one phoneme, as f and gh can represent the phoneme /f/.
American Heritage
Any of the units or combinations of units that can represent a single phoneme, morpheme, syllable, etc.
Webster's New World
Writing, especially a signature, made by one person for another.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Allograph

Noun

Singular:
allograph
Plural:
allographs

Origin of Allograph

  • allo- +‎ -graph

    From Wiktionary

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