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polysynthetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
Having layers of twin crystals

Pronunciation

pŏlēsĭnthĕt'ĭk /ˌpɒlisɪnˈθɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-polysynthetic.wav

Word forms

polysynthetic more polysynthetic most polysynthetic

Etymology

From poly- + synthetic.

Related words

oligosynthetic polysynthesis polysynthesism synthetic agglutinative analytic fusional incorporating inflected isolating

Derived words

polysynthetically polysynthetic twinning

Translations

Bulgarian: полисинтети́чен Catalan: polisintètic Chinese Mandarin: 多式綜合語的 /多式综合语的 Danish: polysyntetisk Dutch: polysynthetisch Esperanto: polisinteza Finnish: polysynteettinen French: polysynthétique Galician: polisintético German: polysynthetisch Greek: πολυσυνθετικός Italian: polisintetico Norwegian: polysyntetisk Polish: polisyntetyczny Portuguese: polissintético Russian: полисинтети́ческий Spanish: polisintético Swedish: polysyntetisk

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