anagram

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English

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Etymology

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Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma,[1] formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, up, back) γράμμα (grámma, letter). Analyzable as ana- (up, back)-gram (letter).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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anagram (plural anagrams)

  1. (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
    Hyponyms: antigram, synanagram
    Coordinate terms: alphagram, palindrome
    • 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):
      As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.

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Translations

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Verb

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

  1. To form anagrams.

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References

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  1. ^ anagram, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French anagramme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈanaɡram]
  • Hyphenation: ana‧gram

Noun

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anagram m inan

  1. anagram
    Synonym: (much less common) přesmyčka f

Declension

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Danish

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Noun

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anagram n (singular definite anagrammet, plural indefinite anagrammer)

  1. anagram

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French anagramme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈɣrɑm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ana‧gram

Noun

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anagram n (plural anagrammen, diminutive anagrammetje n)

  1. anagram
    Synonym: letterkeer

Irish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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anagram m (genitive singular anagraim, nominative plural anagraim)

  1. anagram

Declension

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Declension of anagram (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative anagram anagraim
vocative a anagraim a anagrama
genitive anagraim anagram
dative anagram anagraim
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-anagram na hanagraim
genitive an anagraim na n-anagram
dative leis an anagram
don anagram
leis na hanagraim

Mutation

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Mutated forms of anagram
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anagram n-anagram hanagram t-anagram

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French anagramme.[1] By surface analysis, ana--gram.[2] First attested in 1677–1694.[3]

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Noun

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anagram m inan

  1. (linguistics) anagram [with genitive or od ( genitive) ‘of what’]
    anagram nazwiskaanagram of a surname
    anagram imieniaanagram of a first name
    anagram słowaanagram of a word
    anagram nazwyanagram of a name (not a person's)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
verbs

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “anagram”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “anagram”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (30.08.2022) “ANAGRAMA, *ANAGRAMAT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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anàgram m (Cyrillic spelling ана̀грам)

  1. anagram

Declension

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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ana--gram

Noun

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anagram n

  1. anagram

Declension

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Anagrams

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