/pɹɪnt/adjective, verb, noun
print is spelled P-R-I-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, print means “Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in print?
| Letters | 5: P-R-I-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th 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 print?
Print appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th 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 print?
- /pɹɪnt/
Print has one syllable (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-print.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of print
- prints present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- printing participle, present
- printed participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does print mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
a print edition of a book
verb
- 1
To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
- 2
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
- 3
To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
Print your name here and sign below.
- 4
To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
- 5
To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
to print calico
- 6
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- 7
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- 8
slangTo inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
noun
- 1
Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
- 2
Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
- 3
The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
- 4
A newspaper.
- 5
A visible impression on a surface.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
- 6
A fingerprint.
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
- 7
A footprint.
- 8
A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Print in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imprimer , imprimé , empreinte , estampe |
| German | drucken, ausdrucken , Abdruck , in Druckschrift schreiben , Druckschrift , Schrift |
| Portuguese | imprimir |
| Spanish | imprimir, emprimir, impremir , imprenta , estampado |
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 print come from?
From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).