"pangram" meaning in English

See pangram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpæn.ɡɹæm/, /ˈpæŋ.ɡɹæm/ Audio: en-us-pangram.ogg Forms: pangrams [plural]
Etymology: From pan- + -gram. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pan|gram}} pan- + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} pangram (plural pangrams)
  1. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. Wikipedia link: pangram Derived forms: pangrammatic Related terms: acrostic, fox message, lipogram, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Translations (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet): pangrama [masculine] (Catalan), 全字母句 (Chinese Mandarin), pangram [masculine] (Czech), pangram [neuter] (Dutch), ĉiuliteraĵo (Esperanto), pangrammi (Finnish), pangramme (French), phrase holoalphabétique (French), Pangramm [neuter] (German), πάγγραμμα (pángramma) [neuter] (Greek), παντόγραμμα (pantógramma) [neuter] (Greek), pangramma (Hungarian), pangramma (Italian), パングラム (panguramu) (Japanese), pangram [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pangram [masculine] (Polish), pangrama [masculine] (Portuguese), пангра́мма (pangrámma) [feminine] (Russian), pangram [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pangram [masculine] (Slovak), pangram [masculine] (Slovene), pangrama (Spanish), frase holoalfabética (Spanish), панграма (panhrama) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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