English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “polymaths”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for polymaths is poly-maths, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
poly-maths
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result poly-maths The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordpolymaths
Hyphenationpoly-maths
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈpɒlɪmaθ/
Meaning & usage

What does “polymaths” mean?

polymaths: A person of wide knowledge or learning.

Headwordpolymath
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈpɒlɪmaθ/
1
noun

A person of wide knowledge or learning.

Example: “a Renaissance polymath”

Synonyms:
academic bluestocking bookworm brain highbrow sage scholar thinker bookish person intelligent person learned person man of letters +1 more
Word breaks

How “polymaths” is split

poly·maths

For US English, the hyphenation result is poly-maths. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “polymaths”

How do you hyphenate “polymaths”?

In the US-English result used here, polymaths is hyphenated as poly-maths.

Where can “polymaths” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “polymaths” mean?

A person of wide knowledge or learning.

Can you use “polymaths” in a sentence?

“a Renaissance polymath”

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