pictografía

Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin pictus, and the passive participle of pingĕre (cf. pintar), and -grafía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piɡtoɡɾaˈfia/ [piɣ̞.t̪o.ɣ̞ɾaˈfi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: pic‧to‧gra‧fí‧a

Noun

pictografía f (plural pictografías)

1. pictograph

Related terms

• pictograma

Further reading

• “pictografía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10