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(lôg′ō gram′, lôg′ə-)

noun

a letter, character, or symbol used to represent an entire word (Ex.: $ for dollar)

also logograph

Origin: logo- + -gram

Related Forms:

logogrammatic adjective

See logogram in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without expressing its pronunciation; for example, for 4 read “four” in English, “quattro” in Italian. Also called ideogram, logograph.

Related Forms:

logˌo·gram·matˈic (-grə-mătˈĭk) adjective

logˌo·gram·matˈi·cal·ly adverb

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