orthography

Etymology
The is derived from Late, , and then either:


 * from, , , (compare 🇨🇬; modern 🇨🇬, ); or
 * from their, from , from  (from , ultimately from ) +  (from , ultimately from ).

The English word is analyzable as. The is derived from the noun. First use appears before c. 1460.



Noun

 * 1)  A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
 * 2)  A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
 * 3)  The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
 * 4)  Correct spelling according to established usage; also  pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
 * 5)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
 * 2)  The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
 * 3)  Correct spelling according to established usage; also  pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
 * 4)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  Correct spelling according to established usage; also  pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
 * 2)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.
 * 1)  A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also  a drawing made in this way.

Translations

 * Hebrew: אוֹרְתּוֹגְרַפְיָה


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: ortograpiya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 正寫法
 * Danish: ortografi, retskrivning
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ortografio
 * Finnish:, oikeinkirjoitusjärjestelmä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ორთოგრაფია, მართლწერა
 * German: ,
 * Ingrian: orfografia
 * Irish: ortagrafaíocht
 * Korean: 표기법(表記法)
 * Latvian: ortogrāfija
 * Macedonian: правопис, ортографија
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пра̏вопӣс, ортогра̀фија
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:


 * Arabic: إِمْلَاء
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: ortograpiya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: ortografi, retskrivning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, oikeinkirjoitusoppi
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მართლწერა, ორთოგრაფია
 * German: Rechtschreibkunde
 * Greek:
 * Irish: ortagrafaíocht
 * Latvian: ortogrāfija, pareizrakstība
 * Macedonian: правопис, ортографија
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , rettskrivning
 * Nynorsk: ortografi, rettskriving
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , спе́ллинг
 * Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пра̏вопӣс, ортогра̀фија
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: عِلْم الْإِمْلَاء, هِجَاء, تَهْجِئَة, إِمْلَاء
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, imla
 * Belarusian: пра́вапіс, арфагра́фія, артагра́фія
 * Bengali: লিখনবিধি
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: ortograpiya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 正詞法, , , 正字學
 * Czech:, ortografie
 * Danish: ortografi, retskrivning
 * Dutch:, ortografie
 * Estonian: ortograafia,
 * Faroese: rættskriving
 * Finnish:, oikeinkirjoitusoppi,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მართლწერა, ორთოგრაფია
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אוֹרתוֹגְרָפִיָה
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: ortagrafaíocht
 * Japanese: 正字法,, , オーソグラフィー, , , 綴り字
 * Kazakh: орфография, емле
 * Khmer: អក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ
 * Korean:, , 받침법
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: орфография, тууражазым
 * Lao: ອັກຂະລະວິທີ
 * Latvian: ortogrāfija, pareizrakstība
 * Lithuanian: ortografija, rašyba
 * Macedonian: правопис, ортографија
 * Malay:, ortografi, eja
 * Middle English: ortographie
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: зөв бичих зүй
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , rettskrivning
 * Nynorsk: ortografi, rettskriving
 * Pashto:, ليکدود,
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, دُرُسْت‌نِویسی,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , спе́ллинг
 * Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пра̏вопӣс, ортогра̀фија
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pravopis,
 * Slovene:, ortografija
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: tahajia, otografia
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: palabaybayan, palatitikan, ortograpiya
 * Tajik: имло, коидаҳои хат, расмулхат
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ortografi, ,
 * Turkmen: orfografiýa
 * Ukrainian:, , ортогра́фія
 * Urdu:, عِلْمُ الْتَہَجّی, ہِجّے
 * Uyghur: ئىملا, ئورفوگرافىيە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:, phép chính tả
 * Yiddish: אָרטאָגראַפֿיע
 * Yoruba: àkọtọ́


 * Interlingua:

Verb

 * 1)  To spell (words) or write (text) according to established usage.