PICTOGRAM


Meaning of PICTOGRAM in English

/ ˈpɪktəgræm; NAmE / noun

1.

a picture representing a word or phrase

2.

a diagram that uses pictures to represent amounts or numbers of a particular thing

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Latin pict- painted (from the verb pingere ) + -gram .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.