imprint

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪmpɹɪnt ==== Noun ==== imprint (plural imprints) An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark. Coordinate terms: imposition, inlay The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands. Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo. Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt ==== Verb ==== imprint (third-person singular simple present imprints, present participle imprinting, simple past and past participle imprinted) To leave a print, impression, image, etc. Coordinate terms: impress, impose, inlay To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====