imprint
/ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/noun, verb
imprint is spelled I-M-P-R-I-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imprint means “An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imprint is imprints.
How many letters and syllables are in imprint?
| Letters | 7: I-M-P-R-I-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is imprint?
Imprint appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce imprint?
- /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
As a verb (“To leave a print, impression, image, etc”): /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/.
Imprint has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-imprint-noun.ogg, En-au-imprint.ogg, En-us-imprint-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of imprint
- imprints plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- imprinting participle, present
- imprinted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imprint mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.
- 2
The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.
Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur
- 3
A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.
Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark
verb
- 1
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
- 2
To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents – including humans doing wildlife rescue!
- 3
To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate imprint?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of imprint: imp..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Imprint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | empreinte , ours, pavé de l'ours |
| German | Gepräge, Abdruck, Aufdruck , Impressum , einprägen, abdrucken |
| Spanish | impronta , editorial , improntar , sello |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does imprint come from?
From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).