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Definition: Polymath |
PolymathNoun1. A person of great and varied learning. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "polymath" was first used: 1621. (references) |
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| "Polymath" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Polymath" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
polymath | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "polymath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dijetar (erudite, savant, scholar, scientist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متعدد جوانب الثقافة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | esprit universel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Universalgebildete. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מלומ" (educated, learned, lettered, scholarly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | polihisztor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esperto universale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olymathpay poliedro (polyhedron), indivíduo estudado. (various references) эрудит (egghead, egg-head, erudite). (various references) erudito (donnish, erudite, knowledgeable, learned, learner, scholar, scholarly). (various references) bilge (erudite, learned, luminary, omniscient, owl, profound, sage, scholar, sophisticate, sophisticated, wise, wise person), çok bilgili (deep read, well informed). (various references) nh thông thái (doctor, polyhistor, scholar), học giả (polyhistor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | polymathes. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "polymath": polymathic, polymathies, polymaths, polymathy. (additional references) | |
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"Polymath" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: polymathic, polynya, polyoma, Wollmuth. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-m-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: phytol, thymol. | |
-3 letters: altho, amply, aptly, atomy, atopy, haply, hotly, lathy, loamy, loath, lotah, lymph, malty, mothy, palmy, patly, phyla, platy, typal. | |
-4 letters: ahoy, alto, amyl, atom, atop, halm, halo, halt, holm, holp, holt, holy, homy, hoya, hyla, hypo, lamp, lath, loam, lota, loth, malt, math, mayo, moat, mola, molt, moly, mopy, moth. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-m-o-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: polymaths, polymathy. | |
+2 letters: lymphomata, methyldopa, myelopathy, polymathic. | |
+3 letters: hypothalami, hypothermal, lymphoblast, methyldopas, myelopathic, polymathies. | |
+4 letters: cephalometry, hepatomegaly, hypothalamic, hypothalamus, lymphoblasts, lymphomatous, myelopathies, polycythemia. | |
+5 letters: amphiprostyle, endolymphatic, lymphoblastic, lymphomatoses, lymphomatosis, metallography, mythopoetical, ophthalmology, phytochemical, plethysmogram, polychromatic, polycythemias, sympatholytic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 79 6D 61 74 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. -.--. -- .- - .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l y m a t h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0079 006D 0061 0074 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081789179678674 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanés, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, allemand, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, alemán, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hebreo, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, người Hê-brơ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, hongrois, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italien, italienisch, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruso, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, espagnol, spanisch, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turque, türkisch, טורקי, török, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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