Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engram

/ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: en-gram
IPA: /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.

noun

A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.

name

A surname transferred from the given name, a rare variant of Ingram.

Example Sentences

"I use the word engram to denote this permanent change wrought by a stimulus; the sum of such engrams in an organism may be called its "engram-store," among which must distinguish inherited from acquired engrams."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Engramm which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 (see quotation below). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing, picture”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Engramm, ἐν

Inflected Forms

engrams (plural) engramme (alternative)

Derived Forms

engrammic

Synonyms

memory trace

Homonyms

n-gram

Questions

How do you pronounce engram?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/.
What does engram mean?: A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
Where does engram come from?: It is traced to German.

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