polyacoustic

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adjective

Multiplying or magnifying sound.

OriginEnglish acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectivepolyacoustic (comparative more polyacoustic, superlative most polyacoustic)

comparative more polyacoustic · superlative most polyacoustic

  1. Multiplying or magnifying sound.
nounpolyacoustic (plural polyacoustics)

plural polyacoustics

  1. A polyacoustic instrument.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  10. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  12. Medieval Latinacousticus
  13. Englishacoustic
  14. Englishpolyacoustic

From poly- + acoustic.

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APA

polyacoustic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyacoustic

MLA

“polyacoustic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyacoustic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polyacoustic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyacoustic.

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