English

Etymology
The Greek prefix poly- + synthetic < Latin synthesis (collection, set, composition) < Greek ��νθε�ι� (composition) < ��ν�ίθημι (to put together, combine) < ��ν- (together) + �ίθημι (to put, place) < Proto-Indo-European base *dhe- (to put, to do).

Adjective
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1. grammar said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where:

#:* baataanitaaanishinaabemong = "being able to speak Ojibwe."
#:* ngiinitaaozhibii'amaadimin = "we used to write to each other."

Translations

Bulgarian: поли�ин�е�и�ен (polisintetí�en)
Catalan: polisintètic
Danish: polysyntetisk
Dutch: polysynthetisch
Finnish: t|fi|polysynteettinen
French: polysynthétique
German: polysynthetisch
Greek: �ολ���νθε�ικ�� (polysynthetikós)
Italian: polisintetico
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Norwegian: polysyntetisk
Polish: polisyntetyczny
Portuguese: polisintético
Russian: поли�ин�е�и�е�кий (polisintetí�eskij)
Spanish: polisintético
Swedish: polysyntetisk

Related terms
agglutinative
analytic
fusional
incorporating
inflected
isolating
oligosynthetic
polysynthesism
synthetic

See also
w:Polysynthetic language|Wikipedia article on Polysynthetic language

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