"pictogram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pictograms [plural]
Etymology: picture + -gram. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|picture|gram}} picture + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} pictogram (plural pictograms)
  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration. Synonyms: pictograph, hieroglyph, pictogramme [rare] Related terms: emoji, ideogram, logogram Translations (picture that represents a word or an idea): пиктограма (piktograma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pictograma [masculine] (Catalan), 象形 (xiàngxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), piktogram [neuter] (Danish), pictogram [neuter] (Dutch), piktogramm (Estonian), piktogrammi (Finnish), pictogramme [masculine] (French), pictograma [masculine] (Galician), Piktogramm [neuter] (German), εικονόγραμμα (eikonógramma) [neuter] (Greek), εικονοσύμβολο (eikonosýmvolo) [neuter] (Greek), piktogram (Hungarian), piktogramo (Ido), piktogram (Indonesian), pittogramma [masculine] (Italian), 象形 (shōkei) (Japanese), ピクトグラム (Japanese), 그림문자 (geurimmunja) (Korean), piktogram [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), piktogram [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piktogram [masculine] (Polish), pictograma [masculine] (Portuguese), пиктогра́мма (piktográmma) [feminine] (Russian), piktogram [masculine] (Slovene), pictograma [masculine] (Spanish), piktogram [neuter] (Swedish), resim yazı (Turkish), resimli çizenek (Turkish)

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      "word": "pictograma"
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      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
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      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
      "word": "piktogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pittogramma"
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      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
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      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
      "word": "ピクトグラム"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geurimmunja",
      "sense": "picture that represents a word or an idea",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "resim yazı"
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