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.

Derived terms

• logogrammic

Related terms

• logographic, logographical, logographically
• logography
• logotype

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)
• Hindi: शब्दचिह्न m (śabdchihn)
• Italian: logogramma (it) m
• Japanese: 表語文字 (ja) (hyōgo moji)
• Korean: 표어문자 (pyoeomunja)
• Persian: واژه‌نگاشت (fa) (vâže-negâšt)
• Romanian: logogramă f
• Russian: логогра́мма (ru) f (logográmma)
• Spanish: logograma (es) m

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English logobor.

Polish logo

Proto-Slavic *-o-

Old Polish -o-

Polish -o-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)der.

Polish -gram

Polish logogram

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^[1] (in Polish)