logogram

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlɒɡəˌɡræm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lôgə gram′, logə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
log•o•gram  (lôgə gram′, logə-),USA pronunciation n. 
    a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & forthewordand. Alsocalled log•o•graph; (lôgə graf′, -gräf′, logə-).USA pronunciation 
    • logo- + -gram1 1810–20
    log•o•gram•mat•ic  (lô′gə grə matik, log′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.  log′o•gram•mati•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
logogram / ˈlɒɡəˌɡræm/, logograph / ˈlɒɡəˌɡrɑːf -ˌɡræf/
  1. a single symbol representing an entire morpheme, word, or phrase, as for example the symbol (%) meaning per cent
logogrammatic / ˌlɒɡəɡrəˈmætɪk/, logographic / ˌlɒɡəˈɡræfɪk/, ˌlogoˈgraphicalˌlogogramˈmatically, ˌlogoˈgraphically
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