different between ideogram vs pictogram

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

Etymology

picture +? -gram.

Alternative forms

• pictogramme (rare)

Noun

pictogram (plural pictograms)

1. A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

   Synonyms: pictograph, hieroglyph

   Coordinate terms: ideogram, logogram

Usage notes

Strictly speaking, a pictogram represents by illustration, an ideogram represents an idea, and a logogram represents a word. Casually, pictogram is used to represent all of these: it is a picture representing some concept.

Synonyms

• pictograph
• hieroglyph

Related terms

• emoji
• ideogram
• logogram

Translations

Further reading

• pictogram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pictogram n (plural pictogrammen, diminutive pictogrammetje n)

1. pictogram
2. (graphical user interface) icon

Synonyms

• (icon): icoon