anadrome
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ana- + -drome, i.e. "backward course".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anadrome (plural anadromes)
- A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- "Desserts" and "stressed" are believed to be the longest common English anadromes.
- An anadromous fish.
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anadrome (plural anadromes)
- anadromous (of migratory fish)
Further reading
[edit]- “anadrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anadrome
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- English terms prefixed with ana-
- English terms suffixed with -drome
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- fr:Zoology
- Italian non-lemma forms
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