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

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ideogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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