logogram

English

WOTD – 12 November 2006

Etymology

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 &.

A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

heterogram

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 (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): /lɔˈɡɔɡ.ram/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔɡram
Syllabification: lo‧gog‧ram

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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