polihistor

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin polyhistor. First attested in 1582.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈxis.tɔr/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈxis.tɔr/

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• 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

Declension of polihistor

	singular	plural
nominative	polihistor	polihistorzy/polihistory (deprecative)
genitive	polihistora	polihistorów
dative	polihistorowi	polihistorom
accusative	polihistora	polihistorów
instrumental	polihistorem	polihistorami
locative	polihistorze	polihistorach
vocative	polihistorze	polihistorzy

Further reading

• “polihistor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “polihistor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “polihistor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “polihistor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 535
• polihistor in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polyhistor.

Noun

polihistor m (plural polihistori)

1. polyhistor

   Synonym: polimat

Declension

	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), 2014–2026