pictograph

[ pik-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈpɪk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

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noun

a pictorial sign or symbol.

a record consisting of pictorial symbols, as a prehistoric cave drawing or a graph or chart with symbolic figures representing a certain number of people, cars, factories, etc.

Origin of pictograph

1850–55; <Latin pict(us) painted (see picture) + -o- + -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM pictograph

pic·to·graph·ic

[pik-tuh-graf-ik], /ˌpɪk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivepic·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby pictograph

picrocarmine stain, picrotoxin, Pict, Pictish, pictogram, pictograph, pictography, Pictor, pictorial, pictorialism, pictorialize

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Example sentences from the Web for pictograph

Then, he drew with painstaking care a series of diagrams that repeated the information in pictograph form.
Deepfreeze|Robert Donald Locke
The pictograph cut into a rock or tree, or painted upon a buffalo-skin tent, was our only record of current or past events.
Indian Scout Talks|Charles A. Eastman
It is printed with a sort of movable type, and each character is a pictograph or hieroglyph.
Archology and the Bible|George A. Barton
First, it is simply a representation of an object or a phenomenon, that is, a pictograph.
Evolution in Art|Alfred C. Haddon

Fig. 215 is also an Ojibwa pictograph from Schoolcraft I, pl.
Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes|Garrick Mallery

British Dictionary definitions for pictograph

pictograph

/ (ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a picture or symbol standing for a word or group of words, as in written Chinese

a chart on which symbols are used to represent values, such as population levels or consumption

Derived forms of pictograph

pictographic (ˌpɪktəˈɡræfɪk), adjectivepictography (pɪkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun

Word Origin for pictograph

C19: from Latin pictus, from pingere to paint

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单词	pictograph
释义	pictograph [ pik-tuh-graf, -grahf ] / ˈpɪk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pictograph ON THESAURUS.COM noun a pictorial sign or symbol. a record consisting of pictorial symbols, as a prehistoric cave drawing or a graph or chart with symbolic figures representing a certain number of people, cars, factories, etc. Origin of pictograph 1850–55; <Latin pict(us) painted (see picture) + -o- + -graph OTHER WORDS FROM pictograph pic·to·graph·ic [pik-tuh-graf-ik], /ˌpɪk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivepic·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby pictograph picrocarmine stain, picrotoxin, Pict, Pictish, pictogram, pictograph, pictography, Pictor, pictorial, pictorialism, pictorialize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pictograph Then, he drew with painstaking care a series of diagrams that repeated the information in pictograph form. Deepfreeze\|Robert Donald Locke The pictograph cut into a rock or tree, or painted upon a buffalo-skin tent, was our only record of current or past events. Indian Scout Talks\|Charles A. Eastman It is printed with a sort of movable type, and each character is a pictograph or hieroglyph. Archology and the Bible\|George A. Barton First, it is simply a representation of an object or a phenomenon, that is, a pictograph. Evolution in Art\|Alfred C. Haddon Fig. 215 is also an Ojibwa pictograph from Schoolcraft I, pl. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes\|Garrick Mallery British Dictionary definitions for pictograph pictograph / (ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) / noun a picture or symbol standing for a word or group of words, as in written Chinese a chart on which symbols are used to represent values, such as population levels or consumption Derived forms of pictograph pictographic (ˌpɪktəˈɡræfɪk), adjectivepictography (pɪkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun Word Origin for pictograph C19: from Latin pictus, from pingere to paint Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pictograph fundamentals, morphemes, elements, syllabary, symbols, ideograph, rune, hieroglyphs, characters, signs, phonemes
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pictograph

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