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.

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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

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How to use pictograph in a sentence

Neither do his pictographic dramas have any resemblance to the covers from which his characters hail.
Pulp Fictions|Philip Gefter|September 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was pictographic and showed a man leading a pack-horse along a white road to a wigwam.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
A pictographic painting--the Coat of Arms of the great family of Shewish hung upon the wall.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael
The figure at the base of the pictographic painting represents the mammoth whale upon whose back the whole creation rests.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael

The centre figure in the pictographic painting is a wolf grotesquely drawn.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael
Pictographic writing, which is so well known among the Micmacs, was also practised by the Passamaquoddies.
Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore|J. Walter Fewkes

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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