stenotype

English

Etymology

steno- +‎ -type

Noun

stenotype (plural stenotypes)

1. A keyboard machine used to record a version of shorthand using a series of phonetic symbols.
2. Any of the characters used in this shorthand system.
   • 1873, James Eugene Munson, The Complete Phonographer:

     Each consonant sign is represented by the letter or letters of the common alphabet by which it is most readily suggested. In the following table each stenotype is placed directly under its stem […]

Related terms

• stenotypical
• stenotypist

Translations

keyboard machine

• Catalan: estenotípia f
• Italian: stenotipia f
• Macedonian: стеноти́п m (stenotíp)

Verb

stenotype (third-person singular simple present stenotypes, present participle stenotyping, simple past and past participle stenotyped)

1. (transitive) To record using a stenotype.