polyp

See also: Polyp

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)

Ancient Greek πολυ- (polu-)

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder.

Ancient Greek πούς (poús)

Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous)bor.

Latin polypusbor.

English polyp

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɪp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪp
• Hyphenation: pol‧yp

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

1. (zoology) A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
   1. The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
2. (medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

Derived terms

• fibroepithelial polyp
• hydropolyp
• nasal polyp
• polypectomy
• polyped
• polyperythrin
• polypian
• polypifer
• polypiferous
• polypiform
• polypigerous
• polypine
• polypite
• polypoid
• polyposis
• polypous
• pseudopolyp
• stauropolyp

Translations

growth

• Bulgarian: полип m (polip)
• Catalan: pòlip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 息肉 (zh) (xīròu)

• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Dutch: poliep (nl) f
• Esperanto: polipo
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• French: polype (fr) m
• German: Polyp (de) m
• Icelandic: sepi m
• Italian: polipo (it) m
• Japanese: ポリープ (ja) (porīpu), ポリプ (ja) (poripu)
• Portuguese: pólipo m
• Russian: поли́п (ru) m (políp)
• Slovene: políp (sl) m
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m
• Swedish: polyp (sv) c

coelenterate

• Bulgarian: полип m (polip)
• Catalan: pòlip (ca) m
• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Dutch: poliep (nl) f
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• French: polype (fr) m
• German: Polyp (de) m
• Greek: πολύποδας (el) m (polýpodas)
• Hungarian: polip (hu)
• Icelandic: holsepi m
• Italian: polipo (it) m
• Portuguese: pólipo m
• Russian: поли́п (ru) m (políp)
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m
• Swedish: polyp (sv) c

the sessile life stage of a coelenterate

• Bulgarian: полип m (polip)

Further reading

• “polyp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “polyp”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “polyp”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• loppy

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪp]

Noun

polyp m anim

1. (biology) polyp

Declension

Declension of polyp (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	polyp	polypi, polypové
genitive	polypa	polypů
dative	polypovi, polypu	polypům
accusative	polypa	polypy
vocative	polype	polypi, polypové
locative	polypovi, polypu	polypech
instrumental	polypem	polypy

Noun

polyp m inan

1. (medicine) polyp

Declension

Declension of polyp (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	polyp	polypy
genitive	polypu	polypů
dative	polypu	polypům
accusative	polyp	polypy
vocative	polype	polypy
locative	polypu	polypech
instrumental	polypem	polypy

Derived terms

• polypí

Further reading

• “polyp”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “polyp”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989