PALINDROME


Meaning of PALINDROME in English

/ ˈpælɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun

a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example madam or nurses run

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + drom- (from dramein to run).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.