# anagram
## English
### Alternative forms

* anagramme (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

anagram (plural anagrams)
* (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

* anagram dictionary
* anagramise, anagramize
* anagrammer
* anagrammist
* anamonic
* aptagram
* blanagram
* indirect anagram
* Reaganagram

#### Related terms

* anagrammatic
* anagrammatisation, anagrammatization
* anagrammatise, anagrammatize
* anagrammatism
* anagrammatist

#### Translations
### Verb

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

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “anagram, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* anagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* argaman

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French anagramme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈanaɡram]
* Hyphenation: ana‧gram

### Noun

anagram m inan
* anagram
    Synonym: (much less common) přesmyčka f

#### Declension
## Danish
### Noun

anagram n (singular definite anagrammet, plural indefinite anagrammer)
* anagram

#### Declension
### References

* “anagram” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French anagramme.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

anagram n (plural anagrammen, diminutive anagrammetje n)
* anagram
    Synonym: letterkeer

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anagram m (genitive singular anagraim, nominative plural anagraim)
* anagram

#### 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

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

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* anagrama, anagramma, anagramat (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French anagramme. By surface analysis, ana- +‎ -gram. First attested in 1677–1694.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈna.ɡram/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡram
* Syllabification: a‧na‧gram

### Noun

anagram m inan
* (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)

#### Derived terms

* anagramowy
* anagramować impf

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “anagram”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “anagram”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ 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

* 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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anǎɡram/
* Hyphenation: a‧na‧gram

### Noun

anàgram m (Cyrillic spelling ана̀грам)
* anagram

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

ana- +‎ -gram

### Noun

anagram n
* anagram

#### Declension
### References

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

### Anagrams

* gamarna, magarna