Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycatenary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-cate-nary
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple chains

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English catenary English polycatenary From poly- + catenary.

Inflected Forms

more polycatenary (comparative) most polycatenary (superlative)

Questions

What does polycatenary mean?: Having multiple chains
Where does polycatenary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English catenary English polycatenary From poly- + catenary.

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