stenotypy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstɛnəˌtaɪpɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sten′ə tī′pē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sten•o•typ•y  (sten′ə tī′pē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
  • 1890–95; stenotype + -y3
sten•o•typ•ic  (sten′ə tip′ik),USA pronunciation adj.  sten′o•typ′ist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stenotypy / ˈstɛnəˌtaɪpɪ/
  1. a form of shorthand in which alphabetic combinations are used to represent groups of sounds or short common words
Etymology: 19th Century: from steno- + type + -y3, on the model of stenographyˈstenoˌtypist

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