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pangram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpæŋ.ɡɹæm/
• /ˈpæn.ɡɹæm/

Etymology

From pan- + -gram.

Meanings

1. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet.
   • Higher in the scale range the Cadmean curiosities of the Pangram, Lipogram, and Anagram. The first of these must contain the entire alphabet, and claims the twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of the Prophet Ezra as its most noted example. 1873 March 14, unknown, “Word-Play”, in The Proof-Sheet:
   • Write a Python function to determine whether or not a string is a pangram. 2016, Jeeva Jose, Sojan P. Lal, Introduction to Computing & Problem Solving with Python, page 177:
   • Like the search for the perfect palindrome, the pursuit of the perfect pangram has obsessed many people. 1986, Tony Augarde, The Oxford Guide to Word Games:
2. (qualifier:crosswording) A crossword puzzle in which every letter appears in the completed grid.
   • A pangram (or, as some manage, the triple pangram, with at least three of every letter) restricts the options, directing the setter away from habits and repetition and towards a fresher puzzle. 2013 November 7, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
   • I've always wanted to make an anti-pangram pangram puzzle - the NYT would never run something so self-mocking! 2021 December 31, Hayley Gold, Letters to Margaret, Lone Shark Games, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

Deriveds

pangrammatic

Relateds

acrostic · liponym · fox message · the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog · lipogram

Translations (26)

uk панграма (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · mk панграм (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · pl pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · fr pangramme (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · el παντόγραμμα (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · ja パングラム (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · fi pangrammi (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · it pangramma (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · sk pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · es frase holoalfabética (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · pt pangrama (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · sl pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · eo ĉiuliteraĵo (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · el πάγγραμμα (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · fr phrase holoalphabétique (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · cmn 全字母句 (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · de Pangramm (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · ko 팬그램 (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · es pangrama (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · cs pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · ca pangrama (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · sh pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · kmr pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · hu pangramma (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · ru пангра́мма (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) · nl pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet)