miríada
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin myriadem, from Ancient Greek μυριάδος (muriádos), genitive of μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μύριος (múrios, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
miríada f (plural miríades)
Further reading
- “miríada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “miríada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “miríada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mȳriadem, from Ancient Greek μῡριάδος (mūriádos, “number of 10,000”), from μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os, “numberless, countless, infinite”, literally “10,000”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈɾiada/ [miˈɾi.a.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -iada
- Syllabification: mi‧rí‧a‧da
Noun
miríada f (plural miríadas)
Further reading
- “miríada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024