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epigram

UK/ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/

epigram noun: an inscription in stone.

Noun

epigram (plural epigrams)

  1. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
  2. A brief but witty saying.
  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.
    • The second has written a sonnet
      upon the mutability of woman,
      And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.1916, Ezra Pound, Lustra, The Three Poets

epigram meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

epigram in Urdu

جگت, نقطہ

epigram in Bengali

চুটকি, সরস সংক্ষিপ্ত কবিতা, প্রবাদতুল্য সংক্ষিপ্ত উক্তি

epigram in Malayalam

quip, witticism, jest
ഫലിതപ്രധാനമായ ലഘുകവിത, ലഘുകവിത, രസകരമായ ലഘുവാക്യം, നർമ്മോക്തി, ഫലിതോക്തി, ഫലിതം

epigram in Kannada

ಚುಟುಕ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ, ಸಣ್ಣ ವಾಕ್ಯ, ಕವನ, ನಾಟುನುಡಿ, ಚಮತ್ಕಾರವಾದ ಮಾತು, ಸೂಕ್ತಪ್ರಾಯದಮಾತು
More languagesFewer languages
epigram in Tagalog
tugmatiyaw
epigram in Thai
คำคม kam-kom

Forms of epigram

pluralepigrams
alternative formepigramme

Origin of epigram

From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).

Words formed from epigram

Questions about epigram

What does epigram mean?
Epigram means an inscription in stone.
What is epigram in Urdu?
Epigram in Urdu is جگت, نقطہ. See Epigram meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is epigram?
Epigram is a noun.
How do you pronounce epigram?
Epigram is pronounced /ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/ (UK).
What is the plural of epigram?
The plural of epigram is epigrams.

Words near epigram in the dictionary

  1. epigonisms
  2. Epigonoi
  3. epigonous
  4. epigons
  5. epigonus
  6. epigram
  7. epigrammatic
  8. epigrammatical
  9. epigrammatically
  10. epigrammatise
  11. epigrammatised

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: epigram (page history and authors); epigram (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Epigram (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); epigram (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); epigram (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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