pictogram
noun
pic·to·gram ˈpik-tə-ˌgram 
: pictograph
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web One pictogram highlighted in the study depicts soldiers drowning as a building burns in the background. 
Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021 The pictogram people were great, the drones were weird, but in total there was very little coherence to the whole program. Jackson Mchenry And Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 23 July 2021 That’s why the pictogram—a symbol standing in for a word or phrase—is a common tool for helping people with intellectual disabilities. Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science, 2 Mar. 2021 That philosophy was a good fit for the pictogram assignment. New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021 Its depiction as a pictogram — resembling a crimson upside-down pear — likely dates back to the medieval era, if not classical antiquity. Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020 Both systems appear to perceive the power of pictograms. Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2020 The agency proposed marking temples, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with a more generic pictogram of a pagoda. Anne Quito, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2019 So the Sumerians would repurpose an existing pictogram that had resonance with the hard-to-illustrate concept. Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019 See More
Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021 The pictogram people were great, the drones were weird, but in total there was very little coherence to the whole program. Jackson Mchenry And Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 23 July 2021 That’s why the pictogram—a symbol standing in for a word or phrase—is a common tool for helping people with intellectual disabilities. Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science, 2 Mar. 2021 That philosophy was a good fit for the pictogram assignment. New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021 Its depiction as a pictogram — resembling a crimson upside-down pear — likely dates back to the medieval era, if not classical antiquity. Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020 Both systems appear to perceive the power of pictograms. Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2020 The agency proposed marking temples, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with a more generic pictogram of a pagoda. Anne Quito, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2019 So the Sumerians would repurpose an existing pictogram that had resonance with the hard-to-illustrate concept. Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary picto- (from Latin pictus) + -gram
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
pictograms
noun
as in pictographs
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pictographs
- ideograms
- hieroglyphs
- letters
- numerals
- symbols
- runes
- ciphers
- glyphs
- signs
- icons
- ikons
- characters