imprint

Meaning

Noun

1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
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.

Verb

1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

Synonyms

stamp

impress

impression

mark

print

seal

🦭

track

depression

trace

spoor

embossment

press

engrave

trail

effect

sag

brand

colophon

marking

masthead

form

air

dip

emboss

give

goffer

gouge

impact

imprimatur

indenture

influence

inscribe

label

🏷️

legislate

lineament

mar

marker

mint

offset

please

plunge

pressure

printed matter

push

rubber stamp

scar

scent

sculpt

shadow

sign

Translations

impresión

empreinte

afdruk

Abdruck

huella

👣

impressão

impronta

spoor

impression

impressione

Impressum

imprimer

imprimere

empremta

Gepräge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: emprinten

In summary

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.