ideogram

English

WOTD – 12 December 2009

Alternative forms

• ideogramme (rare)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/, /ˈaɪ.di.ə.ɡɹæm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.i.oʊ.ɡɹæm/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/

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Etymology

ideo- +‎ -gram

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

• (symbol): ideograph

Derived terms

• ideogrammatic
• ideogrammatically

Related terms

• logogram
• pictogram

Translations

symbol

• Armenian: գաղափարագիր (hy) (gaġapʻaragir)
• Catalan: ideograma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指事 (zh) (zhǐshì), 記號／记号 (zh) (jìhào), 记号 (zh) (jìhao), 表意文字 (zh) (biǎoyì wénzì), 表意文字 (zh) (biǎoyì wénzì), 表意字 (biǎoyìzì), 會意字／会意字 (zh), 会意字 (zh) (huìyìzì)

• Danish: ideogram (da) n
• Dutch: ideogram (nl) n
• Estonian: ideogramm (et), mõistemärk
• Finnish: ideogrammi (fi)
• French: idéogramme (fr) m, idéographe m
• German: Ideogramm (de) n
• Greek: ιδεόγραμμα (el) n (ideógramma)
• Hebrew: סֵמֶל (he) m (semel)
• Hungarian: ideogramma (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ideogramma (it) m
• Japanese: 表意文字 (ja) (hyōi moji), 指事 (ja) (shiji)
• Korean: 표의문자 (ko) (pyouimunja)
• Norwegian: ideogram (no) n
• Polish: ideogram (pl) m
• Portuguese: ideograma (pt) m
• Romanian: ideogramă (ro) f
• Russian: идеогра́мма (ru) f (ideográmma)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: ideograma (es)
• Swahili: idiogramu class 9/10
• Turkish: ideogram (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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Polish

Etymology

From idea +‎ -o- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.dɛˈɔɡ.ram/

Noun

ideogram m inan

1. (linguistics) ideogram

Declension

Declension of ideogram

	singular	plural
nominative	ideogram	ideogramy
genitive	ideogramu	ideogramów
dative	ideogramowi	ideogramom
accusative	ideogram	ideogramy
instrumental	ideogramem	ideogramami
locative	ideogramie	ideogramach
vocative	ideogramie	ideogramy

Derived terms

• (adjective) ideogramowy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ideògram m (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