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anagram

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English

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an example of an anagram

Alternative forms

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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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Noun

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Examples

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.

Derived terms

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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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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der.
French ana-
Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)bor.
French -gramme
French anagrammebor.
Czech anagram

    Borrowed from French anagramme. First attested in the 19th century.[1]

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    anagram m inan

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

    Declension

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    Declension of anagram (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative anagram anagramy
    genitive anagramu anagramů
    dative anagramu anagramům
    accusative anagram anagramy
    vocative anagrame anagramy
    locative anagramu anagramech
    instrumental anagramem anagramy

    References

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    1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “anagram”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 56

    Danish

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    Noun

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    anagram n (singular definite anagrammet, plural indefinite anagrammer)

    1. anagram

    Declension

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    Declension of anagram
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative anagram anagrammet anagrammer anagrammerne
    genitive anagrams anagrammets anagrammers anagrammernes

    References

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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
    singular plural
    nominative anagram anagraim
    vocative a anagraim a anagrama
    genitive anagraim anagram
    dative anagram anagraim
    forms with the definite article
    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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    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “anagram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
    • “anagram”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
    Proto-Hellenic *aná
    Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
    Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der.
    French ana-
    Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)bor.
    French -gramme
    French anagrammebor.
    Polish anagram

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

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      anagram m inan

      1. (linguistics) anagram [with genitive or od (+ genitive) ‘of what’]
        anagram nazwiska ― anagram of a surname
        anagram imienia ― anagram of a first name
        anagram słowa ― anagram of a word
        anagram nazwy ― anagram of a name (not a person's)

      Declension

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      Declension of anagram
      singular plural
      nominative anagram anagramy
      genitive anagramu anagramów
      dative anagramowi anagramom
      accusative anagram anagramy
      instrumental anagramem anagramami
      locative anagramie anagramach
      vocative anagramie anagramy

      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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ана̀грам)

      1. anagram

      Declension

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      Declension of anagram
      singular plural
      nominative anagram anagrami
      genitive anagrama anagrama
      dative anagramu anagramima
      accusative anagram anagrame
      vocative anagrame anagrami
      locative anagramu anagramima
      instrumental anagramom anagramima

      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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      Declension of anagram
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite anagram anagrams
      definite anagrammet anagrammets
      plural indefinite anagram anagrams
      definite anagrammen anagrammens

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      Anagrams

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      Tagalog

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English anagram, either from Middle French anagramme or from Latin anagramma, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Doublet of anagrama.

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      Noun

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      ánagrám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜄ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)

      1. anagram
        Synonym: anagrama

      Further reading

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      • “anagram”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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