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Synonyms for ideograph

Grammar : Noun
Spell : id-ee-uh-graf, -grahf, ahy-dee-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪd i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈaɪ di-

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Définition of ideograph

Origin :
  • late 1830s, from comb. form of Greek idea (see idea) + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Related: Ideographic (1822); ideographical.
  • As in alphabet : noun letters of a writing system
Example sentences :
  • The picture, the ideograph, the symbol—these are not the thing.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • For example, the ideograph for a "mess-mate" is a man and a fire.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
  • Its ideograph is the sign of the sun together with the sign of the moon.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
  • Most of these symbols are compounded of an ideograph and a letter of the alphabet.
  • Extract from : « Indo-China and Its Primitive People » by Henry Baudesson
  • Thus a chessboard was an ideograph, and stood for a gift, and sometimes a building.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra's Needle » by James King
  • Thus the name of Ea, the god of the deep, is expressed by an ideograph which signifies 'antelope.'
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
  • Merodach's ideograph is the sun, and there is abundant evidence that he was first and last a solar god.
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
  • The “chop” was a small stamp bearing the ideograph which indicated the name Candron was using.
  • Extract from : « What The Left Hand Was Doing » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Candron imprinted the ideograph on the page, then, beside it, he wrote “Ying Lee” in Latin characters.
  • Extract from : « What The Left Hand Was Doing » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Ideograph′ic, -al, representing ideas by pictures, or directly instead of words.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

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