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pictograph

/ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæf/

pictograph noun: a picture that represents a word or an idea.

Noun

pictograph (plural pictographs)

  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea.
    • 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).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
  2. A graphic character.
  3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

pictograph meaning in Tamil

pictograph in Tamil

படவெழுத்து

Synonyms of pictograph

Forms of pictograph

pluralpictographs

Origin of pictograph

From Latin pictus + -o- + graph.

Words formed from pictograph

Questions about pictograph

What does pictograph mean?
Pictograph means a picture that represents a word or an idea.
What is pictograph in Tamil?
Pictograph in Tamil is படவெழுத்து. See Pictograph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pictograph?
Pictograph is a noun.
How do you pronounce pictograph?
Pictograph is pronounced /ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæf/.
What is the plural of pictograph?
The plural of pictograph is pictographs.

Words near pictograph in the dictionary

  1. pictogrammatical
  2. pictogrammatically
  3. pictogramme
  4. pictogrammes
  5. pictograms
  6. pictograph
  7. pictographic
  8. pictographical
  9. pictographically
  10. pictographics
  11. pictographs

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