noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlɒɡ.əˌɡɹæm/
US:/ˈlɔː.ɡəˌɡɹæm/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈlɑɡ.əˌɡɹæm/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:L AO1 G AH0 G R AE2 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: logograph, lexigram, lexigraph
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: logograph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ideogram, ideograph
History
Etymology
From logo- + -gram.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
語標 /语标
(yǔbiāo)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Finnish:
logogrammi
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
French:
logogramme
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
German:
Logogramm
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Greek:
λογόγραμμα
(logógramma)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Hindi:
शब्दचिह्न
(śabdchihn)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Italian:
logogramma
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Japanese:
表語文字
(hyōgo moji)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Korean:
표어문자
(pyoeomunja)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Persian:
واژهنگاشت
(vâže-negâšt)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Romanian:
logogramă
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Russian:
логогра́мма
(logográmma)
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Spanish:
logograma
— character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
