"pictograph" meaning in English

See pictograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pictographs [plural]
Etymology: From picture + -graph. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|picture|graph}} picture + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} pictograph (plural pictographs)
  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea. Categories (topical): Writing systems Synonyms: hieroglyph, pictogram
    Sense id: en-pictograph-en-noun-cQ6IYXgD Disambiguation of Writing systems: 62 2 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 8 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 5 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 53 6 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 2 49
  2. A graphic character.
    Sense id: en-pictograph-en-noun-TmuroRqO
  3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures. Translations (A type of graph): kauwhata whakaahua (Maori), pictografía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pictograph-en-noun-gSIPm4pM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -graph, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 8 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 32 8 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 5 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 2 49 Disambiguation of 'A type of graph': 0 14 86

Inflected forms

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