logogram

English

WOTD – 12 November 2006

Etymology

logo- +‎ -gram

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɡəɡɹæm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːɡəɡɹæm/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

logogram (plural logograms)

A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system; symbols such as &).
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.

Synonyms

(character or symbol that represents a word or phrase): logograph

Hyponyms

heterogram
- Arameogram
- Sumerogram

Related terms

Translations

character or symbol that represents a word or phrase

Chinese:
Mandarin: 語標, 语标 (yǔbiāo)
Finnish: logogrammi (fi)
French: logogramme (fr) m
German: Logogramm (de) n
Greek: λογόγραμμα (el) n (logógramma)

Italian: logogramma m
Japanese: 表語文字 (hyōgo moji)
Korean: 표어문자 (pyoeomunja)
Romanian: logogramă f
Russian: логогра́мма (ru) f (logográmma)
Spanish: logograma m

Polish

Etymology

From logo +‎ -o- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔˈɡɔ.ɡram/

Noun

logogram m inan

(linguistics) logogram

Declension

declension of logogram

	singular	plural
nominative	logogram	logogramy
genitive	logogramu	logogramów
dative	logogramowi	logogramom
accusative	logogram	logogramy
instrumental	logogramem	logogramami
locative	logogramie	logogramach
vocative	logogramie	logogramy

Derived terms

(adjective) logogramowy

Further reading

logogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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