Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polymodal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-modal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pertaining to several different forms of sensory information

adj

involving more than one sense

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more polymodal (comparative) most polymodal (superlative)

Derived Forms

polymodally

Questions

What does polymodal mean?: pertaining to several different forms of sensory information
Where does polymodal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English modal English polymodal From poly- + modal.

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