different between ideogram vs monogram

English

Alternative forms

• ideogramme (rare)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d.i.?.??æm/, /?a?.di.?.??æm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??d.i.o?.??æm/, /??d.i.?.??æm/

Etymology

ideo- +? -gram

Noun

ideogram (plural ideograms)

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 @.

Synonyms

• (symbol): ideograph

Derived terms

• ideogrammatic
• ideogrammatically

Related terms

• logogram
• pictogram

Translations

Polish

Etymology

From idea +? -o- +? -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.d???.?ram/

Noun

ideogram m inan

1. (linguistics) ideogram

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ideogramowy

Further reading

• ideogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ide??ram/
• Hyphenation: i?de?o?gram

Noun

ideògram m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. ideogram

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• monogramme (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * ??????????? (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

References

• “†monogram, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Etymology 2

Formed as mono- +? -gram, by analogy with epigram.

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

References

• “†monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Etymology 3

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek ??????????? (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

1. A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.

Translations

References

• “monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Verb

monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming or monograming, simple past and past participle monogrammed or monogramed)

1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

Translations

References

• “monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Anagrams

• nomogram

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mono- +? -gram

Noun

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram or monogrammer, definite plural monogramma or monogrammene)

1. a monogram

References

• “monogram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mono- +? -gram

Noun

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram, definite plural monogramma)

1. a monogram

References

• “monogram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Noun

monogram m inan

1. monogram

Declension