anagram

• Mot ou phrase formés en réarrangeant les lettres d'un autre mot ou d'une autre phrase, souvent utilisés pour révéler un sens caché.

A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase, often used to discover a hidden meaning.

1. Word or phrase formed by rearranging lettersB2formal

   A word or phrase created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once.

   anagramme

   • 'Listen' is an anagram of 'silent'.
   • 'The eyes' is an anagram of 'they see'.
   • 'A decimal point' is an anagram of 'I'm a dot in place'.

2. Hidden meaning through letter rearrangementC1formal

   The practice of reading letters out of their original order to discover a concealed or hidden message or meaning.

   Anagramme comme message caché

   • The cryptic clue required solving an anagram to find the hidden word.
   • Some ancient texts were believed to contain anagrams with secret prophecies.
   • He spent hours trying to decode the anagram to reveal the hidden message.

• Verbe signifiant réorganiser les lettres d'un mot ou d'une phrase pour former un nouveau mot ou une nouvelle phrase.

A verb meaning to rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to form a new word or phrase.

1. Rearrange lettersB2formal

   To form a word or phrase by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

   Former une anagramme

   • She anagrammed 'listen' to create 'silent'.
   • He enjoys anagramming words as a mental exercise.
   • The puzzle required anagramming the letters to find the answer.

   Synonymesanagrammatise

2. Decode hidden meaningC1formal

   To read letters out of order in order to discover a concealed or hidden meaning.

   Déchiffrer un sens caché

   • The scholar anagrammed the ancient text to reveal a secret message.
   • They anagrammed the name to find a hidden prophecy.
   • The codebreaker anagrammed the cipher to uncover the plot.

   Synonymesdecipherdecoderearrangeunscramble