polihistor

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin polyhistor.[1][2] First attested in 1582.[3]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pɔ.liˈxis.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -istɔr
  • Syllabification: po‧li‧his‧tor

Noun

polihistor m pers

  1. (literary) polyhistor (someone with much knowledge in many fields)
    Synonyms: encyklopedysta, erudyta

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “polihistor”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “polihistor”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “polihistor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polyhistor.

Noun

polihistor m (plural polihistori)

  1. polyhistor

Declension

Declension of polihistor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative polihistor polihistorul polihistori polihistorii
genitive-dative polihistor polihistorului polihistori polihistorilor
vocative polihistorule polihistorilor

References

  • polihistor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔlixíːstɔr/

Noun

polihȋstor m animacy unspecified

  1. (literary) polyhistor (someone with much knowledge in many fields)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. polihistor
gen. sing. polihistorja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
polihistor polihistorja polihistorji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
polihistorja polihistorjev polihistorjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
polihistorju polihistorjema polihistorjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
polihistorja polihistorja polihistorje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
polihistorju polihistorjih polihistorjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
polihistorjem polihistorjema polihistorji

Further reading

  • polihistor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025