Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multipotent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-po-tent
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the power to do many different things.

adj

Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English potent English multipotent From multi- + potent.

Inflected Forms

more multipotent (comparative) most multipotent (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

multipotency multipotential pluripotent totipotent oligopotent unipotent

Synonyms

pluripotent

Questions

What does multipotent mean?: Having the power to do many different things.
Where does multipotent come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English potent English multipotent From multi- + potent.

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