Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyvalence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-va-lence
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being polyvalent.

Countable

noun

Congruence with polyvalency.

Countable

noun

A quality of music that is played in more than one harmonic function in the same key.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

polyvalences (plural)

Synonyms

polyvalency multivalence multivalency

Questions

What does polyvalence mean?: The state of being polyvalent.
Where does polyvalence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English valence English polyvalence From poly- + valence.

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