palindrome
UK/ˈpælɪndɹəʊm//ˈpælɪndɹoʊm/
palindrome noun: a word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
Noun
palindrome (plural palindromes)
- A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
- The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it's a palindrome.2017, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
- A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
- A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
- A conjunct palindrome from notes 5 to 11, D D E F E D D, abuts the only melodically disjunct group E G D (notes 12–14), and at the same time contributes to a melodic sequence with the opening four notes.1998, Dolores Pesce, Hearing the Motet, page 93
- The shops opposite were a High Street palindrome — Korean gorocery, courier service, letting abgents, courier service, Korean grocery — and buses passed with noisy frequency.2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 67
- A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
palindrome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
palindrome in Hindi
- a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards
- चित्रकाव्य citrakāvya
palindrome in Tamil
- a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards
- மாலைமாற்று mālaimāṟṟu
palindrome in Bengali
- a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards
- প্যালিনড্রোম pêlinḍrōm
palindrome in Telugu
- a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards
- పత్రికాపదకోశం patrikāpadakōśaṁ, అనులోమవిలోమ శ్లోకము anulōmavilōma ślōkamu
More languagesFewer languages
- palindrome in Malayalam
- അനുലോമവിലോമപദം anulōmavilōmapadaṁ
- palindrome in Kannada
- ಗತಪ್ರತ್ಯಾಗತ gatapratyāgata
- palindrome in Sanskrit
- अनुलोमप्रतिलोमपदम् anulomapratilomapadam
- palindrome in Assamese
- পেলিনড্ৰোম pelinodrüm
- palindrome in Tagalog
- salitambaligtarin, baligtarinsalita
- palindrome in Arabic
- قَلْب مُسْتَوٍ qalb mustawin
- palindrome in Indonesian
- palindrom
- palindrome in Persian
- پالیندروم pâlindrom
- palindrome in Thai
- พาลินโดรม paa lin-doh rom
Examples of palindrome in a sentence
- A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.
- This camel is a talking animal smitten with ailihphilia—the love of palindromes.
- Write a piece of flashfic that's a palindrome (reading by paragraphs, that is).
Forms of palindrome
| plural | palindromes |
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Origin of palindrome
From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”). By surface analysis, palin- + -drome (compare also velodrome and syndrome).
Words formed from palindrome
Questions about palindrome
- What does palindrome mean?
- Palindrome means a word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
- What is palindrome in Hindi?
- Palindrome in Hindi is चित्रकाव्य (citrakāvya). See Palindrome meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is palindrome?
- Palindrome is a noun.
- How do you pronounce palindrome?
- Palindrome is pronounced /ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of palindrome?
- The plural of palindrome is palindromes.
Words near palindrome in the dictionary
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