monogram
pronunciation
How to pronounce monogram in British English:
UK [ˈmɒnəgræm]
How to pronounce monogram in American English:
US [ˈmɑnəgræm]
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- Noun:
- a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
Word Origin
- monogram (n.)
- "two or more letters intertwined," 1690s, from French monogramme or directly from Late Latin monogramma (5c.), from Late Greek monogrammon "a character formed of several letters in one design," especially in reference to the signature of the Byzantine emperors, noun use of neuter of monogrammos (adj.) "consisting of a single letter," literally "drawn with single lines," from Greek monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + gramma "letter, line, that which is drawn or written" (see -gram). Earlier it meant "sketch or picture drawn in lines only, without shading or color," a sense also found in Latin and probably in Greek. Related: Monogrammatic.
- monogram (v.)
- 1868, from monogram (n.). Related: Monogrammed; monogramming.
Example
- 1. In 1896 the monogram design was launched in an effort to counteract the replicas his competitors were marketing .
- 2. So vuitton is moving away from the monogram , which today adorns only about a quarter of its products .
- 3. I don 't think my father had a monogram on a thing he owned .
- 4. The monogram logo was made of an intersection of the initials lv , finished with a curved beige diamond and 4 point star intes .
- 5. She is wearing a white-lace dress and a diamond dior monogram necklace , the same one that a girl who walked out of chanel a few minutes before her was wearing .