pictograph

English

Etymology

From Latin pictus +‎ -o- +‎ graph.

Noun

pictograph (plural pictographs)

1. A picture that represents a word or an idea.

   Synonyms: hieroglyph, pictogram

   Coordinate terms: ideogram, logogram

   • 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1:

     The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).

2. A graphic character.
3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

Derived terms

• pictographic

Translations

picture that represents a word or an idea — see pictogram

type of graph

• Māori: kauwhata whakaahua
• Spanish: pictografía f