Blissymbols

English

Etymology

Blend of Bliss +‎ symbols.

Proper noun

Blissymbols

1. A constructed language using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.

   Synonym: Blissymbolics

   • 2020, Carla Sinclair, Girl Genius, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     In the 1970s, disabled people who couldn't write or speak—such as those with cerebral palsy—used Blissymbols to communicate by point to the drawings on a large board. It was time-consuming and required a person who knew Blissymbols to help translate.

Translations

constructed language

• Finnish: bliss-kieli
• German: Bliss-Symbole pl
• Japanese: ブリスシンボル

See also

• Semantography

Noun

Blissymbols

1. plural of Blissymbol

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code zbl (SIL)