anagram

For anagrams in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Anagrams

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Late 16th century, from French anagramme, formed on Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăʹnəgrăm, IPA(key): /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ana‧gram

Noun

anagram (plural anagrams)

  1. (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
    The word "silent" is an anagram of "listen".

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Verb

anagram (third-person singular simple present anagrams, present participle anagramming, simple past and past participle anagrammed)

  1. To form anagrams.

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

anagram m

  1. anagram

Synonyms

Danish

Noun

anagram n (singular definite anagrammet, plural indefinite anagrammer)

  1. anagram

Declension

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

anagram n (plural anagrammen, diminutive anagrammetje n)

  1. anagram

Irish

Etymology

From French anagramme, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).

Noun

anagram m (genitive singular anagraim, nominative plural anagraim)

  1. anagram

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anagram n-anagram hanagram t-anagram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈna.ɡram/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

anagram m inan

  1. anagram

Declension

Further reading

  • anagram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anǎɡram/
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧gram

Noun

anàgram m (Cyrillic spelling ана̀грам)

  1. anagram

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

ana- +‎ -gram

Noun

anagram n

  1. anagram

Declension

Declension of anagram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anagram anagrammet anagram anagrammen
Genitive anagrams anagrammets anagrams anagrammens

Anagrams

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