How to pronounce ambigram
American English pronunciation
AM-bih-gram
- IPA
- /ˈæmbɪˌɡɹæm/
- Syllables
- AM · bih · gram (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What ambigram means
A word design that can still be read when flipped or turned
In a sentence: Maya drew her name as an ambigram, so it said the same thing even when she turned the paper upside down.
Where it comes from: It was put together from Greek-based parts meaning both and something written. It goes back to the writer Douglas Hofstadter in 1983-1984.
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