IDEOGRAM


Meaning of IDEOGRAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi-dē-ə-ˌgram, ˈī- ]

noun

Date: 1838

1. : a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it ; especially : one that represents not the object pictured but some thing or idea that the object pictured is supposed to suggest

2. : logogram

• ideo·gram·ic or ideo·gram·mic ˌi-dē-ə-ˈgra-mik, ˌī- adjective

• ideo·gram·mat·ic -dē-ō-grə-ˈma-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.