Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chronogram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chrono-gram
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.

noun

A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.

Etymology

From chrono- + -gram, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χρόνος

Inflected Forms

chronograms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phylogram

Questions

What does chronogram mean?: A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.
Where does chronogram come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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