Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphasic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: polypha-sic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple coexisting phases

adj

Having multiple successive peaks of activity

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more polyphasic (comparative) most polyphasic (superlative)

Phrases

polyphasic sleep

Questions

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

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