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ideogram

/ˈaɪdɪəʊɡræm/

/ˈaɪdiəˌɡræm/

Translations

ideogramnoun

ideograms

/ˈaɪdɪəʊɡræm/

/ˈaɪdiəˌɡræm/

The ancient Egyptians used ideograms in their writing system.

Древние египтяне использовали идеограммы в своей системе письма.

Synonyms

ideogramadjective

/ˈaɪ.di.ə.ɡræm/

/ˈaɪ.di.oʊ.ɡræm/

Used attributively before nouns to qualify something as relating to ideograms.

ideogramnoun

A written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it, used in some writing systems such as Chinese.

The Chinese character for 'tree' is an ideogram that represents the concept of a tree.

ideogramadjective

Relating to, consisting of, or denoting ideograms.

Ideogram writing systems convey meaning through symbols rather than sounds.