logograph

• Signe ou symbole écrit qui représente un mot entier ou une phrase, sans indiquer directement sa prononciation.

A written character or symbol that represents a complete word or phrase, without directly indicating how it is pronounced.

1. Written symbol for a wordC1formaltechnical

   A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation, common in logographic writing systems.

   Logogramme

   • Chinese characters are logographs that represent entire morphemes or words.
   • Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs included logographs mixed with phonetic symbols.
   • The ampersand '&' is sometimes considered a logograph for 'and' in informal contexts.
   • Modern logographs like '#' or '@' are used as shorthand for words like 'number' or 'at'.
   • Writing systems like Sumerian cuneiform initially relied heavily on logographs.

   Synonymesideogramideographlogogram