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ideogram

UK/ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/US/ˈɪd.i.oʊ.ɡɹæm/

ideogram noun: 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 @.

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 @.
    • Pensé tatuarme un ideograma secreto en mi hombro.2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99

ideogram meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Arabic

ideogram in Hindi

symbol
चित्रलिपि citralipi

ideogram in Tamil

படவெழுத்து

ideogram in Arabic

symbol
رمز تصويري ramz taṣwīrī

Synonyms of ideogram

Forms of ideogram

pluralideograms
alternative form (rare)ideogramme

Origin of ideogram

From ideo- + -gram.

Words formed from ideogram

Questions about ideogram

What does ideogram mean?
Ideogram means 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 @.
What is ideogram in Hindi?
Ideogram in Hindi is चित्रलिपि (citralipi). See Ideogram meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ideogram?
Ideogram is a noun.
How do you pronounce ideogram?
Ideogram is pronounced /ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/ (UK).
What is the plural of ideogram?
The plural of ideogram is ideograms.

Words near ideogram in the dictionary

  1. ideogenous
  2. ideogeny
  3. ideoglyph
  4. ideoglyphic
  5. ideoglyphs
  6. ideogram
  7. ideogramic
  8. ideogrammatic
  9. ideogrammatical
  10. ideogrammatically
  11. ideogramme

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ideogram (page history and authors); ideogram (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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