ambigramme
French, noun/ɑ̃.bi.ɡʁam/
ambigramme is spelled A-M-B-I-G-R-A-M-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambigramme is a French masculine noun meaning “ambigram (a design that may be read in two different ways)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure graphique d'un mot lisible selon différents points de vue au moyen d'un jeu de symétrie. Le mot ainsi…”.
What does ambigramme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineambigram (a design that may be read in two different ways)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure graphique d'un mot lisible selon différents points de vue au moyen d'un jeu de symétrie. Le mot ainsi dessiné reste inchangé ou en génère un autre par rotation d'un demi-tour ou par réflexion dans un miroir. Plus généralement, tout mot calligraphié de manière à susciter une double lecture.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ambigramme
- ambigrammes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambigramme?
- /ɑ̃.bi.ɡʁam/
- \ɑ̃.bi.ɡʁam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambigramme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambigramme in French?
ambigramme appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).