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Palindrome
Definition
noun | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
Hyphenation
pal-in-drome (10 letters | 3 syllables)
First known use in English
1629 (European Renaissance) (397 years ago)
Word origin
Modern Greek
Word frequency history
Inflected form
palindromes
Broader terms
word
Lexically close words
palindromic
Anagrams
(none among common words)
Translations
Spanish: | palíndromo (linguistics) French: | palindrome (linguistics) Portuguese: | palíndromo (linguistics) German: | Palindrom (linguistics) Japanese: | 回文 (common noun) | 廻文 (common noun)
Other notable uses
palindrome.net | palindrome.org | palindrome.info | palindrome.biz
Crossword puzzle clues
Bob, e.g. | Mom or dad (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)
Scrabble score
15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)