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pictogram

/ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæm/

pictogram noun: a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

pictogram: a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration
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Noun

pictogram (plural pictograms)

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

pictogram meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

pictogram in Tamil

உருவ விளக்கப்படம், சித்திர விளக்கப் படம்

pictogram in Indonesian

picture that represents a word or an idea
piktogram

Synonyms of pictogram

Forms of pictogram

pluralpictograms
alternative formpictogramme

Origin of pictogram

From Latin pictus + -o- + -gram.

Questions about pictogram

What does pictogram mean?
Pictogram means a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
What is pictogram in Tamil?
Pictogram in Tamil is உருவ விளக்கப்படம், சித்திர விளக்கப் படம். See Pictogram meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pictogram?
Pictogram is a noun.
How do you pronounce pictogram?
Pictogram is pronounced /ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæm/.
What is the plural of pictogram?
The plural of pictogram is pictograms.

Words near pictogram in the dictionary

  1. Pictish tower
  2. Pictish towers
  3. Pictishness
  4. Pictland
  5. Picto-
  6. pictogram
  7. pictogrammatic
  8. pictogrammatical
  9. pictogrammatically
  10. pictogramme
  11. pictogrammes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pictogram (page history and authors); pictogram (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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