polysynthetic
English
/ˌpɒlisɪnˈθɛtɪk/
adj
Definitions
- (grammar) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
- (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals
Etymology
Prefix from English synthetic.
Origin
English
synthetic
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biosynthetic English
- chemosynthetic English
- electrosynthetic English
- geosynthetic English
- hemisynthetic English
- heterosynthetic English
- mechanosynthetic English
- metasynthetic English
- narcosynthetic English
- nonsynthetic English
- nucleosynthetic English
- oligosynthetic English
- osteosynthetic English
- phosphosynthetic English
- photoelectrosynthetic English
- photosynthetic English
- polysynthetically English
- postsynthetic English
- presynthetic English
- proteosynthetic English
- psychosynthetic English
- pyrosynthetic English
- radiosynthetic English
- retrosynthetic English
- semisynthetic English
- synthetic English
- synthetic ice English
- synthetically English
- syntheticism English
- syntheticity English
- thermosynthetic English
- Synthetik German
- synthetisch German
- synthétique French
- синтетика Russian
- sintetik Indonesian
- סינתטי Hebrew (modern)
- synthetic
- geosynthetic
- syntheticity
- presynthetic
- biosynthetic
- nonsynthetic
- syntheticism
- metasynthetic
- synthetically
- semisynthetic
- postsynthetic
- hemisynthetic
- pyrosynthetic
- synthetic ice
- radiosynthetic
- osteosynthetic
- retrosynthetic
- narcosynthetic
- chemosynthetic
- oligosynthetic
- photosynthetic
- proteosynthetic
- heterosynthetic
- thermosynthetic
- nucleosynthetic
- psychosynthetic
- electrosynthetic
- mechanosynthetic
- phosphosynthetic
- polysynthetically
- photoelectrosynthetic