chronogramme
French, noun/kʁɔ.nɔ.ɡʁam/
chronogramme is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-G-R-A-M-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chronogramme is a French masculine noun meaning “chronogram (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inscription en prose ou en vers dont les lettres correspondant à des chiffres permettent de former la date…”.
What does chronogramme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechronogram (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inscription en prose ou en vers dont les lettres correspondant à des chiffres permettent de former la date d’un événement. 2. Inscription sur une façade, faisant mention de la date d’achèvement de la construction et éventuellement des noms de l’architecte, de l’entrepreneur, du sculpteur, etc. 3. Représentation graphique de l’évolution temporelle d’un phénomène (signal électrique, état,...).
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 chronogramme
- chronogrammes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chronogramme?
- /kʁɔ.nɔ.ɡʁam/
- \kʁɔ.nɔ.ɡʁam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chronogramme in French?
chronogramme appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).