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id·e·o·gram

(ĭd′ē-ə-grăm′, ī′dē-)

1. A character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word or words for it, as in the traffic sign commonly used for "no parking" or "parking prohibited." Also called ideograph.

2. See logogram.

3. A graphic symbol, such as &, $, or @.

id′e·o·gram·mat′ic (-grə-măt′ĭk) adj.

id′e·o·gram·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

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ideogram

(ˈɪdɪəʊˌɡræm) or

ideograph

1. (Linguistics) a sign or symbol, used in such writing systems as those of China or Japan, that directly represents a concept, idea, or thing rather than a word or set of words for it

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any graphic sign or symbol, such as %, @, &, etc

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id•e•o•gram

(ˈɪd i əˌgræm, ˈaɪ di-)

n.

1. a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound.

2. logogram.

[1830–40]

ideogram

A pictorial system used in a writing system to represent an entity or an idea. Ideograms are also called ideographs.

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Noun

ideogram - a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms"

ideograph

grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

logogram, logograph - a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"

radical - a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

Translations

idéogramme

指事表意文字

ideogram

[ˈɪdɪəgræm] N → ideograma m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ideogram

[ˈɪdiəgræm] n

→ idéogramme m

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ideogram

, ideograph

n → Ideogramm nt

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ideogram

[ˈɪdɪəʊˌgræm] ideograph [ˌɪdɪˈɒgrəf] n → ideogramma m

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