different between fingerprints vs imprint

English

Noun

fingerprints

1. plural of fingerprint

Verb

fingerprints

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerprint

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.p??nt/

Noun

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??nt/

Verb

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

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.

Derived terms

• imprint on

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