polymathe
\pɔ.li.mat\
The verdict
“polymathe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne aux connaissances variées et approfondies, en particulier des connaissances en art et en science.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polymathe · polymathe · French
polymathe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polymathe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.mat\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
polymathe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.mat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne aux connaissances variées et approfondies, en particulier des connaissances en art et en science.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for polymathe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is polymathe, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-A-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Personne aux connaissances variées et approfondies, en particulier des connaissances en art et en science.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polymathe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Imhotep, Pic de la Mirandole, Léonard de Vinci et Isaac Asimov sont des polymathes célèbres.
Les polymathes ont parfois été appelés hommes d'esprit universel.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.