English Explanatory Dictionary

myriad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ten thousand; 10,000
  2. Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years.
  3. A countless number or multitude (of specified things)
adj
  1. Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.
  2. Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪɹi.æd/ /ˈmɪɹi.əd/ en-au-myriad.ogg

Word forms

myriad myriads

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek μῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)bor. Late Latin mȳriasbor. French myriade English myriad From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.

Synonyms

decamillennium plethora bounty scores wealth deluge

Related words

tens of thousands plethora

Derived words

myriaded permyriad myriadly

Translations

Afrikaans: magdom Albanian: pafundësi Amharic: እልፍ Aramaic: ܪܒܘܬܐ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוּתָא Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוֹתָא Armenian: բյուր Azerbaijani: saysız-hesabsız Bulgarian: мириа́да Catalan: miríada Chinese Cantonese: 萬 /万 Chinese Mandarin: 萬 /万 Dutch: myriade Esperanto: miriado Finnish: myriadi French: myriade German: Myriade Greek: μυριάδα Ancient Greek: μυριάς Hebrew: רבבה Hebrew: ריבוא Italian: miriade Japanese: 万 Korean: 만 Latin: mȳrias Malayalam: അയുതം Manchu: ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ Māori: tini Māori: ngahuru mano Mongolian: түм Occitan: miriada Old Church Slavonic: тьма Persian: بیور Polish: miriada Portuguese: miríade Russian: мириа́да Slovak: myriada Spanish: miríada Swedish: myriad Tagalog: hindi mabilang Thai: หมื่น Tibetan: ཁྲི Tibetan: གཅིག་ཁྲི Turkish: tümen
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