Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyglottic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-glot-tic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin glōttisbor. English glottis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English glottic English polyglottic From poly- + glottic.

Inflected Forms

more polyglottic (comparative) most polyglottic (superlative)

Derived Forms

polyglottically

Rhymes With

exotic erotic chaotic aquatic antibiotic idiotic hypnotic neurotic narcotic symbiotic asymptotic biotic

Questions

What does polyglottic mean?: polyglot
Where does polyglottic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin glōttisbor. English glottis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English glottic English polyglottic From poly- + glottic.

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