Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Unrelated to -poly.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan poli-
- poli-many
Chinese Mandarin 聚, 多
- 聚 (jù)many
- 多 (duō)many
Danish poly-
- poly-many
Dutch poly-
- poly-many
Esperanto plur-, poli-
- plur-many
- poli-many
Finnish moni-, poly-
- moni-many
- poly-many
French poly-
- poly-many
German poly-
- poly-many
Greek πολυ-
- πολυ- (poly-)many
Hindi बहु-
- बहु- (bahu-)many
Hungarian poli-
- poli-many
Irish pola-
- pola-many
Italian poli-
- poli-many
Japanese 多, 重
- 多 (ta-)many
- 重 (jū-)many
Korean 다
- 다 (da)many
Malay poli-
- poli-many
Norwegian Bokmål poly-
- poly-many
Persian بسـ, پرـ
- بسـ (bas-)many
- پرـ (porr-)many
Polish poli-
- poli-many
Portuguese poli-
- poli-many
Russian поли-
- поли- (poli-)many
Scottish Gaelic ioma-
- ioma-many
Spanish poli-
- poli-many
Swedish poly-
- poly-many
Turkish çok-
- çok-many
Cite this entry
APA
poly-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poly-
MLA
“poly-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poly-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poly-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poly-.
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