anagram

• anagramme (obsolete)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/, enPR: ăʹnəgrăm

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• Hyphenation: ana‧gram

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.

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

1. To form anagrams.

• anagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• argaman

Borrowed from French anagramme.

• IPA^(key): [ˈanaɡram]

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• Hyphenation: ana‧gram

anagram m inan

1. anagram

   Synonym: (much less common) přesmyčka f

anagram n (singular definite anagrammet, plural indefinite anagrammer)

1. anagram

• “anagram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French anagramme.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈɣrɑm/

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• Hyphenation: ana‧gram

anagram n (plural anagrammen, diminutive anagrammetje n)

1. anagram

   Synonym: letterkeer

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

anagram m (genitive singular anagraim, nominative plural anagraim)

1. anagram

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anagram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “anagram”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• anagrama, anagramma, anagramat (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈna.ɡram/

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• Rhymes: -aɡram
• Syllabification: a‧na‧gram

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)

• anagram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anagram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “anagramma”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anagram, anagramat, anagrama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33
• anagram in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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

anàgram m inan (Cyrillic spelling ана̀грам)

1. anagram

ana- +‎ -gram

anagram n

1. anagram

• anagram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anagram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• anagram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• gamarna, magarna

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.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔanaɡɾam/ [ˌʔaː.n̪ɐˈɡɾam]
• Rhymes: -anaɡɾam
• Syllabification: a‧na‧gram

ánagrám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜄ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)

1. anagram

   Synonym: anagrama

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