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Webster 1913 Edition

Palindrome

Pal′in-drome

,
Noun.
[Gr.
παλίνδρομοσ
running back again;
πάλιν
again +
δραμεῖν
to run: cf. F.
palindrome
.]
A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward;
as,
madam
;
Hannah
; or
Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Palindrome

PAL'INDROME

,
Noun.
[Gr. again.] A word, verse or sentence that is the same when read backwards or forwards; as madam, or 'Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.'

Definition 2024

Palindrome

Palindrome

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German

Noun

Palindrome n

  1. plural of Palindrom

palindrome

palindrome

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English

Noun

palindrome ‎(plural palindromes)

  1. 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.
    “Rise to vote sir” is an example of a sentence that is a palindrome.
    Level, madam and racecar are examples of single word palindromes.
  2. (by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
  3. (genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάλιν ‎(pálin, “again”) + -drome "course", "road".

Noun

palindrome m ‎(plural palindromes)

  1. palindrome

Italian

Adjective

palindrome f

  1. feminine plural of palindromo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος ‎(palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν ‎(pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος ‎(drómos, “running, race, racecourse”)

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