Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

many-sided

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: many-sid-ed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having many sides; polygonal

adj

Having many aspects

Etymology

Etymology tree English many Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -ed English many-sided From many + side + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more many-sided (comparative) most many-sided (superlative)

Phrases

many-sidedness

Synonyms

multilateral multifaceted miscellaneous multifarious

Questions

What does many-sided mean?: Having many sides; polygonal
Where does many-sided come from?: Etymology tree English many Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -ed English many-sided From many + side + -ed.

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