ideogram

ideogram

English

WOTD – 12 December 2009, 12 December 2010

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ideo- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/, /ˈaɪ.di.ə.ɡɹæm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.oʊ.ɡɹæm/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

ideogram (plural ideograms)

  1. A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.
    Synonyms: ideograph, semasiograph
    Coordinate terms: logogram, pictogram, pictograph, hieroglyph; logograph, lexigram, lexigraph
    • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
      I thought I would get a tattoo of a secret ideogram on my shoulder.
      [original: Pensé tatuarme un ideograma secreto en mi hombro.]

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

ideogram n (singular definite ideogrammet, plural indefinite ideogrammer)

  1. (linguistics) ideogram

Declension

Declension of ideogram
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ideogram ideogrammet ideogrammer ideogrammerne
genitive ideograms ideogrammets ideogrammers ideogrammernes

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ideogram n (plural ideogrammen, diminutive ideogrammetje n)

  1. (linguistics) ideogram

Further reading

  • ideogram” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Polish

Etymology

    From idea + -o- + -gram.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /i.dɛˈɔ.ɡram/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔɡram
    • Syllabification: i‧de‧o‧gram

    Noun

    ideogram m inan

    1. (linguistics) ideogram

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjective
    • ideogramowy

    Further reading

    • ideogram”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • ideogram”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ideǒɡram/
    • Hyphenation: i‧de‧o‧gram

    Noun

    ideògram m inan (Cyrillic spelling идео̀грам)

    1. ideogram

    Declension

    Declension of ideogram
    singular plural
    nominative ideogram ideogrami
    genitive ideograma ideograma
    dative ideogramu ideogramima
    accusative ideogram ideograme
    vocative ideograme ideogrami
    locative ideogramu ideogramima
    instrumental ideogramom ideogramima

    Turkish

    Etymology

    From French idéogramme.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /i.de.ɔ.ɡɾam/

    Noun

    ideogram (definite accusative ideogramı, plural ideogramlar)

    1. ideogram

    Declension

    Declension of ideogram
    singular plural
    nominative ideogram ideogramlar
    definite accusative ideogramı ideogramları
    dative ideograma ideogramlara
    locative ideogramda ideogramlarda
    ablative ideogramdan ideogramlardan
    genitive ideogramın ideogramların