stenography

English

Etymology

From steno- (“narrow”) +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɪˈnɒɡɹəfi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /stəˈnɑɡɹəfi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

stenography (usually uncountable, plural stenographies)

1. The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand

Usage notes

• This word is often confused with steganography, the practice of hiding a secret message in an innocuous communication to avoid detection

Derived terms

• stenographic

Related terms

• steno
• stenogram
• stenographer
• steno pad
• steno pool

 

Translations

the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand

• Armenian: սղագրություն (hy) (sġagrutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: стеногра́фия (bg) f (stenográfija)
• Catalan: taquigrafia f, estenografia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 速记 (zh) (sùjì)

• Esperanto: stenografio
• Finnish: pikakirjoitus (fi), stenografia (fi)
• French: sténographie (fr) f
• Friulian: stenografie f
• Georgian: სტენოგრაფია (sṭenograpia)
• German: Stenographie (de) f, Kurzschrift (de) f
• Greek: στενογραφία (el) f (stenografía)
• Hungarian: gyorsírás (hu)
• Irish: luathscríbhneoireacht f
• Italian: stenografia (it) f
• Polish: stenografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: taquigrafia (pt) f, estenografia (pt) f
• Romanian: stenografie (ro) f
• Russian: стеногра́фия (ru) (stenográfija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бр̏зопӣс m

  Roman: bȑzopīs (sh) m

• Spanish: taquigrafía (es) f, estenografía (es) f

Further reading

• stenography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia