noun
Meaning 1
a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
polytheist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/pɒlɪˈθiːɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
one who believes in a plurality of gods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: theist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English theist English polytheist From poly- + theist.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُشْرِك (mušrik) — believer in polytheism
- Azerbaijani: çoxtanrıçı — believer in polytheism
- Azerbaijani: politeist — believer in polytheism
- Azerbaijani: çoxallahlı — believer in polytheism
- Azerbaijani: müşrik — believer in polytheism
- Bengali: মুশরিক (muśorik) — believer in polytheism
- Breton: liesdouead — believer in polytheism
- Catalan: politeista — believer in polytheism
- Ngazidja Comorian: mshiriki — believer in polytheism
- Czech: polyteista — believer in polytheism
- Finnish: polyteisti — believer in polytheism
- French: polythéiste — believer in polytheism
- German: Polytheist — believer in polytheism
- German: Polytheistin — believer in polytheism
- Hindi: बहुदेववादी (bahudevvādī) — believer in polytheism
- Hindi: मुशरिक (muśrik) — believer in polytheism
- Irish: ildiachaí — believer in polytheism
- Pashto: مشرک (mošrek) — believer in polytheism
- Dari: مُشْرِک (mušrik) — believer in polytheism
- Iranian Persian: مُشْرِک (mošrek) — believer in polytheism
- Polish: politeista — believer in polytheism
- Polish: wielobożca — believer in polytheism
- Polish: wielobożnik — believer in polytheism
- Portuguese: politeísta — believer in polytheism
- Russian: политеи́ст (politɛíst) — believer in polytheism
- Russian: политеи́стка (politɛístka) — believer in polytheism
- Spanish: politeísta — believer in polytheism
- Swahili: mshirikina — believer in polytheism
- Turkish: çok tanrıcı — believer in polytheism
- Turkish: politeist — believer in polytheism
- Urdu: مُشْرِک (muśrik) — believer in polytheism
- Welsh: amldduwiad — believer in polytheism