logogram

English

WOTD – 12 November 2006

Etymology

From logo- ‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɡ.əˌɡɹæm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔː.ɡəˌɡɹæm/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡ.əˌɡɹæm/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Noun

logogram (plural logograms)

Examples
The Chinese character 一. The English symbol &.

1. A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.

   Synonym: logograph

   Hyponyms: heterogram; Akkadogram, Aramaeogram, Sumerogram

   Coordinate terms: ideogram, ideograph, pictogram, semasiograph

   Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph

2. A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.

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

Polish

Etymology

From logo ‎ -o- ‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔˈɡɔ.ɡram/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Syllabification: lo‧go‧gram

Noun

logogram m inan

1. (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