Complete Definition of "anagram"

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English

Pronunciation
enPR|�ʹn�gr�m, IPA|/�æ.n�.græm/

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|of words A word that is created by rearrange|rearranging the letters of another word.

#: The word "silent" is an anagram of "listen".

  1. context|in a more complex form A sentence or phrase that is formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

#: The phrase "genuine class" is an anagram of the name "Alec Guinness".
#: ''The phrase " Nessiteras rhombopteryx " is an anagram of "Monster hoax by w: Peter Scott#Loch Ness Monster|Sir Peter S"

Derived terms
anagrammatic
anagrammatise
anagrammatism
anagrammatist

Translations
trans-top|word or phrased created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Afrikaans: t-|af|anagram|xs=Afrikaans
Bulgarian: t|bg|анаг�ама|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: t-|ca|anagrama|m
Croatian: t-|hr|anagram|m
Czech: t-|cs|anagram
Danish: t-|da|anagram
German: t|de|Anagramm
Greek: t|el|ανάγ�αμμα|sc=Grek
English: t-|en|anagram|xs=English
Esperanto: t|eo|anagramo|xs=Esperanto
Spanish: t+|es|anagrama|m
French: t|fr|anagramme|f
Hungarian: t|hu|anagramma
Hebrew: t|he|�נ�ר��|sc=Hebr
Interlingua: t|ia|anagramma|xs=Interlingua
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Ido: t|io|anagramo|xs=Ido
Italian: t|it|anagramma|m
Japanese: t|ja|�����|sc=Jpan
Luxembourgish: t|lb|Anagramm|xs=Luxembourgish
Maltese: t|mt|anagramma|xs=Maltese
Dutch: t-|nl|anagram, t|nl|letterkeer
Norwegian: t-|no|anagram
Polish: t-|pl|anagram
Portuguese: t+|pt|anagrama|m
Russian: t|ru|анаг�амма|sc=Cyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|anagram
Swedish: t+|sv|anagram
Chinese:

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See also
palindrome


Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|m

  1. #English|anagram

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-n-zero|stem=anagramm
anagram n

  1. #English|anagram

fr:anagram
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ku:anagram
ru:anagram
sl:anagram
fi:anagram
sv:anagram
vi:anagram
tr:anagram

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