Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pictographic

/ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: pic-to-graph-ic
IPA: /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Represented by pictures.

adj

Of or pertaining to pictographs.

noun

A pictograph or hieroglyph.

Example Sentences

"Only two words in English possess a bare minimum resemblance to that of pictographics: eye (two es are the eyes, and the y is the nose) and bed (two vertical strokes from b and d compose the frame of the bed)."

Etymology

From pictograph + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pictograph

Inflected Forms

pictographics (plural)

Derived Forms

pictographically

Questions

How do you pronounce pictographic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/.
What does pictographic mean?: Represented by pictures.
Where does pictographic come from?: From pictograph + -ic.

How to pronounce pictographic

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