tetragram

English

Alternative forms

• tetragramme (very rare)

Etymology

tetra- +‎ -gram

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ′-trə-grăm', IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹə.ˌɡɹæm/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɹəɡɹæm
• Rhymes: -ɡɹæm

Noun

tetragram (plural tetragrams)

1. A group of four letters.
2. In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

Synonyms

• tetragraph

Coordinate terms

• monogram, digram, trigram, hexagram

See also

• (Tai Xuan Jing tetragrams): 𝌆, 𝌇, 𝌈, 𝌉, 𝌊, 𝌋, 𝌌, 𝌍, 𝌎, 𝌏, 𝌐, 𝌑, 𝌒, 𝌓, 𝌔, 𝌕, 𝌖, 𝌗, 𝌘, 𝌙, 𝌚, 𝌛, 𝌜, 𝌝, 𝌞, 𝌟, 𝌠, 𝌡, 𝌢, 𝌣, 𝌤, 𝌥, 𝌦, 𝌧, 𝌨, 𝌩, 𝌪, 𝌫, 𝌬, 𝌭, 𝌮, 𝌯, 𝌰, 𝌱, 𝌲, 𝌳, 𝌴, 𝌵, 𝌶, 𝌷, 𝌸, 𝌹, 𝌺, 𝌻, 𝌼, 𝌽, 𝌾, 𝌿, 𝍀, 𝍁, 𝍂, 𝍃, 𝍄, 𝍅, 𝍆, 𝍇, 𝍈, 𝍉, 𝍊, 𝍋, 𝍌, 𝍍, 𝍎, 𝍏, 𝍐, 𝍑, 𝍒, 𝍓, 𝍔, 𝍕, 𝍖

Anagrams

• Margarett

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton). By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛtˈraɡ.ram/
• Rhymes: -aɡram
• Syllabification: tet‧rag‧ram

Noun

tetragram m inan

1. Tetragrammaton

   Synonyms: tetragramaton, tetragrammaton

2. (linguistics) tetragram (group of four letters)

Declension

Declension of tetragram

	singular	plural
nominative	tetragram	tetragramy
genitive	tetragramu	tetragramów
dative	tetragramowi	tetragramom
accusative	tetragram	tetragramy
instrumental	tetragramem	tetragramami
locative	tetragramie	tetragramach
vocative	tetragramie	tetragramy

Derived terms

adjective

• tetragramowy

 

Further reading

• tetragram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tetragram in Polish dictionaries at PWN