ideogram

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UK/ˈɪd.i.ə.ɡɹæm/UK/ˈaɪ.di.ə.ɡɹæm/US/ˈɪd.i.oʊ.ɡɹæm/

noun

A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.

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ideographsemasiograph
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Meanings

nounideogram (plural ideograms)

plural ideograms · alternative rare ideogramme

  1. A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.

    Pensé tatuarme un ideograma secreto en mi hombro.

    2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99

    Synonyms: ideograph, semasiograph

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.

Similar
ideographsemasiograph

More synonyms by meaning

nouna graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it

Similar
ideograph
Broader
charactergraphgrapheme
Also see
ideographwriting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ideo- + -gram.

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Translations

Arabic رمز تصويري
  • رمز تصويري (ramz taṣwīrī)symbol
Bulgarian идеогра́ма
  • идеогра́ма (ideográma)symbol
Catalan ideograma
  • ideogramasymbol
Chinese Mandarin 表意文字, 意符
  • 表意文字 (biǎoyì wénzì)symbol
  • 意符 (yìfú)symbol
Czech ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Danish ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Dutch ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Estonian ideogramm, mõistemärk
  • ideogrammsymbol
  • mõistemärksymbol
Finnish ideogrammi
  • ideogrammisymbol
French idéogramme, idéographe
  • idéogrammesymbol
  • idéographesymbol
German Ideogramm
  • Ideogrammsymbol
Greek ιδεόγραμμα
  • ιδεόγραμμα (ideógramma)symbol
Hebrew סֵמֶל
  • סֵמֶל (semel)symbol
Hindi चित्रलिपि
  • चित्रलिपि (citralipi)symbol
Hungarian ideogramma
  • ideogrammasymbol
Italian ideogramma
  • ideogrammasymbol
Japanese 表意文字, 指事
  • 表意文字 (hyōi moji)symbol
  • 指事 (shiji)symbol
Korean 표의문자
  • 표의문자 (pyouimunja)symbol
Latvian ideogramma
  • ideogrammasymbol
Lithuanian ideograma
  • ideogramasymbol
Norwegian Bokmål ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Polish ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Portuguese ideograma
  • ideogramasymbol
Romanian ideogramă
  • ideogramăsymbol
Russian идеогра́мма
  • идеогра́мма (ideográmma)symbol
Slovak ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Spanish ideograma
  • ideogramasymbol
Swedish ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Turkish ideogram
  • ideogramsymbol
Ukrainian ідеогра́ма
  • ідеогра́ма (ideohráma)symbol
Cite this entry
APA

ideogram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideogram

MLA

“ideogram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideogram. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ideogram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideogram.

Source: ideogram on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.