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pictography

/pɪktˈɑɡɹəfi/ noun

writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics

Word Origin Pictography marries Latin pingere 'to paint' and Greek graphein 'to write' — literally 'picture writing.' You can almost see the ancient symbols being painted onto cave walls. The same Latin root gives us picture and depict, while graphein is behind everything from graph to biography.

noun writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics countable

Ancient civilizations often used pictography to record important events and stories.

(名词) 象形文字；图画文字 【象形文字书写】

古代文明经常使用象形文字来记录重要事件和故事。

(sustantivo) pictografía; jeroglíficos; escritura pictográfica [escritura mediante pictogramas; jeroglíficos]

Las civilizaciones antiguas solían utilizar la **pictografía** para registrar eventos e historias importantes.

(nom) pictographie; hiéroglyphes [Écriture utilisant des pictogrammes ; hiéroglyphes.]

Les civilisations anciennes recouraient souvent à la pictographie pour consigner leurs événements et récits importants.

(Substantiv) Bilderschrift; Piktografie [Schrift, die aus Bildzeichen (Piktogrammen) besteht; Bilderschrift, Hieroglyphenschrift.]

Alte Zivilisationen nutzten oft **pictography**, um wichtige Ereignisse und Geschichten festzuhalten.

(名詞) 絵文字で書くこと；象形文字。

古代文明は重要な出来事や物語を記録するために**pictography**をよく使いました。

(substantivo) pictografia; escrita pictográfica [escrita em pictogramas; hieróglifos]

Civilizações antigas frequentemente usavam a pictografia para registrar eventos e histórias importantes.

Synonyms: pictographic writing hieroglyphics ideography Antonyms: alphabetic writing phonetic script
Word parts: picto + graph + y

Related words

pictographic picture pictorial depict depiction graphic graphically graphite

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