polyword

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English word

English polyword

From poly- + word.

Noun

polyword (plural polywords)

1. (linguistics) A phrase that acts like a single word.

Synonyms

• chunk
• idiom
• multiword
• set phrase

Related terms

• n-gram
• polygram
• polyverbal