polymer
poly·mer/ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/noun
polymer is spelled P-O-L-Y-M-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (poly·mer). It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polymer means “A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polymer is polymers.
How many letters and syllables are in polymer?
| Letters | 7: P-O-L-Y-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: poly·mer |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polymer?
Polymer appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce polymer?
- UK /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/
- US /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/
- US /ˈpɑ.lə.mɚ/
Polymer has 2 syllables, split poly·mer in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-polymer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of polymer
- polymers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polymer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
- 2
A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polymer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense molecule:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does polymer come from?
From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).