Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polytheist

/pɒlɪˈθiːɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
poly-the-ist
IPA
/pɒlɪˈθiːɪst/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Questions

How do you pronounce polytheist?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɒlɪˈθiːɪst/.
What does polytheist mean?
a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
Where does polytheist come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English theist English polytheist From poly- + theist.

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