adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to polytheism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
polytheistic
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌpɒlɪθiːˈɪstɪk/
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adjective
Meaning 2
worshipping or believing in more than one god
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: monotheistic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English theistic English polytheistic From poly- + theistic.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: متعدد الآلهة — of or relating to polytheism
- Arabic: مشرك — of or relating to polytheism
- Armenian: բազմաստված (bazmastvac) — of or relating to polytheism
- Azerbaijani: çoxtanrılı — of or relating to polytheism
- Azerbaijani: politeistik — of or relating to polytheism
- Azerbaijani: çoxallahlı — of or relating to polytheism
- Belarusian: політэісты́чны (politeistýčny) — of or relating to polytheism
- Breton: liesdoueek — of or relating to polytheism
- Catalan: politeista — of or relating to polytheism
- Czech: polyteistický — of or relating to polytheism
- Danish: polyteistisk — of or relating to polytheism
- Dutch: polytheïstisch — of or relating to polytheism
- Finnish: polyteistinen — of or relating to polytheism
- Finnish: monijumalainen — of or relating to polytheism
- French: polythéiste — of or relating to polytheism
- Galician: politeísta — of or relating to polytheism
- German: polytheistisch — of or relating to polytheism
- Hungarian: többistenhitű — of or relating to polytheism
- Irish: ildiach — of or relating to polytheism
- Irish: ildiachúil — of or relating to polytheism
- Khmer: ពហុនិយម (pôhŏnĭymô) — of or relating to polytheism
- Latvian: politeistisks — of or relating to polytheism
- Manx: yl-jeeagh — of or relating to polytheism
- Polish: politeistyczny — of or relating to polytheism
- Portuguese: politeísta — of or relating to polytheism
- Russian: политеистический (politeističeskij) — of or relating to polytheism
- Scottish Gaelic: ioma-dhiadhach — of or relating to polytheism
- Spanish: politeísta — of or relating to polytheism
- Swedish: polyteistisk — of or relating to polytheism
- Ukrainian: політеїсти́чний (politejistýčnyj) — of or relating to polytheism
- Ukrainian: багатобо́жний (bahatobóžnyj) — of or relating to polytheism
- Welsh: amldduwiol — of or relating to polytheism
- Welsh: amldduwaidd — of or relating to polytheism