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Word: Pictograph
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Latin pict- ‘painted’ (from the verb pingere) + -graph
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɪktəɡrɑːf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC
Short Definition:pictorial symbol for word or phrase
Examples:- an ancient pictograph of the Great Goddess
Variant Forms:
- pictogram
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