Other forms: pictograms
A pictogram is a simple picture used in place of words. Safety pictograms, a pictogram on the label, read the pictograms.
They exist because a symbol crosses every language, which is why hazard warnings and airport signs use them everywhere. Understanding is never as universal as designers hope, and pictograms are tested before use.
1nounpictogramA simple picture used in place of words.
“The pictogram on the door showed a wheelchair, so we knew it was the accessible toilet.”
pictogram is a symbol.
From Latin pictus, painted, plus -gram, something written.
Ancient Greek
γράμμα — a small weight, a scruple
French
gramme
English
gram
English, today
pictogram
From pictus + -o- + -gram. gram comes from French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (“a small weight, a scruple”). a doublet of gramma.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA