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Etymology

From Old French empreinte (noun), empreinter (verb), from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

Singular imprint

Plural imprints

imprint (plural imprints)

  1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
    The day left an imprint in my mind.
  2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
  3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
    The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
Translations
an impression; the mark left behind by printing something
  • Dutch: indruk nl(nl)
  • Finnish: jälki fi(fi), painauma fi(fi)
  • German: Gepräge de(de) n., Abdruck de(de) m., Aufdruck de(de) m.
  • Hungarian: nyom hu(hu), lenyomat hu(hu)
  • Russian: отпечаток ru(ru)
  • Serbian: отисак sr(sr)
the name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc
  • French: ours fr(fr) m., pavé de l’ours fr(fr) m.
  • German: Impressum de(de) n.
a distinctive marking, symbol or logo
  • German: Gepräge de(de) n., Aufdruck de(de) m.
  • Serbian: лого sr(sr)
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Pronunciation 2

Verb

Infinitive to imprint

Third person singular imprints

Simple past imprinted

Past participle imprinted

Present participle imprinting

to imprint (third-person singular simple present imprints, present participle imprinting, simple past and past participle imprinted)

  1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
    For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
  2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
  3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Translations
to leave a print, impression, image, etc.
  • Finnish: painaa fi(fi), jättää jälki
  • German: einprägen de(de), abdrucken de(de), aufdrucken de(de)
  • Russian: отпечатать ru(ru)

 

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