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programma

obsolete

programma is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-A: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, programma means “Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of programma is programmata.

How many letters and syllables are in programma?

Letters9: P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-A
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is programma?

Programma appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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).

What does programma mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteAny law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

  2. 2

    obsoleteAn edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.

  3. 3

    obsoleteA preface.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does programma come from?

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma). Doublet of program.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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