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poly-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "poly"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Unrelated to -poly.

Pronunciation

(stress on first syllable):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.i-/
  - Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.li-/
- (Canada, Boston, Maine) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.i-/
- (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.i-/
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.i-/, [ˈpɔ̟l.i-]
(stress on second syllable):
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australia) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪ-/
  - Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /pəˈlə-/
Hyphenation: pol‧y

Prefix

poly-

many
polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent

Synonyms: multi-; pleo-, pleio-

Antonyms: mono-, uni-

Coordinate terms: bi-, di-, tri-, etc; oligo-, pauci-
polymer
polyacetal, polyethene, polyether
polyamory
polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with poly-

polyacrylic acid

polyacrylonitrile

polyadaptational

polyadenylribosylpolymerase

polyadenylic acid

polyadenylylation

polyagglutinable

polyagglutination

polyalphaolefin

polyalternating

polyaminosaccharide

polyandrogynous

polyarthropathy

polyattentiveness

polyautoimmunity

polyazacyclophane

polybenzoxazine

polycaprolactam

polycarbohydrate

polycarbosilane

polycarboxylate

polycarboxylic acid

polycellulosomal

polycellulosome

cephalopolysyndactyly

polychalcogenide

polychemotherapeutic

polychemotherapy

polychlorinated

polychloroprene

polychlorotrifluoroethylene

Translations

many

Armenian: բազմ- (hy) (bazm-)
Catalan: poli- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚 (zh) (jù), 多 (zh) (duō)
Danish: poly-
Dutch: poly- (nl)
Esperanto: plur-, poli-
Finnish: moni- (fi), poly- (fi)
French: poly- (fr)
Galician: poli- (gl)
Georgian: პოლი- (ṗoli-), მრავალ- (mraval-)
German: poly- (de)
Greek: πολυ- (el) (poly-)
Hindi: बहु- (bahu-)
Hungarian: poli- (hu)
Irish: pola-
Italian: poli- (it)
Japanese: 多 (ja) (た, ta-), 重 (ja) (じゅう, jū-)
Korean: 다 (ko) (da)
Malay: poli- (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: poly-
Persian: بسـ (bas-), پرـ (porr-)
Polish: poli- (pl)
Portuguese: poli- (pt)
Russian: поли- (ru) (poli-)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-
Spanish: poli- (es)
Swedish: poly- (sv)
Turkish: çok-

References

Definition of poly- - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Further reading

List of Ancient Greek words starting with πολυ-, on Perseus

Anagrams

ploy

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”).

Prefix

poly-

poly-
Synonym: fler-

Antonym: mono-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with poly-

References

“poly-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

poly-

poly-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with poly-

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpoly/, [ˈpo̞ly]
IPA^(key): /ˈpolu/, [ˈpo̞lu]

Prefix

poly-

(chiefly in loanwords) poly-

Usage notes

Terms that violate Finnish vowel harmony are occasionally adapted to fit it, particularly in colloquial speech. As such, poly- may be pronounced polu-.

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with poly-

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ.li/

Prefix

poly-

poly- (many)
Synonyms: multi-, pluri-

Antonyms: mono-, uni-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with poly-

polyarticulaire

polycamératique

polycarboxylate

polychimiothérapie

polychromatique

polycistronique

polycombustible

polycylindrique

polydispersité

polyextrêmophile

polyfonctionnel

polygénétique

polymédicamenté

polyménorrhée

polymétallique

polymorphémique

polynucléotide

polyparasitisme

polysémantique

polysynthétique

polytéréphtalate

polytéréphtalate d'éthylène

polytétrafluoroéthylène

polytraumatique

polytraumatisme

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Prefix

poly-

poly-

Derived terms

Further reading

“poly-”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
“poly-” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Related to full and fleire.

Prefix

poly-

poly-
Synonyms: fleir-, mange-

Antonym: (often) mono-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with poly-

References

“poly-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English poly-, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”).

Prefix

poly-

poly-
‎poly- + ‎-mer → ‎polymer

‎poly- + ‎sacarid (“saccharide”) → ‎polysacarid (“polysaccharide”)

Synonyms

aml-

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with poly-

Mutation

Mutated forms of *poly-*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
poly-	boly-	mholy-	pholy-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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