polynesian

1. 1.

   of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture

Other forms of polynesian

plural

polynesians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polynesian

What does polynesian mean?

polynesian means "a native or inhabitant of Polynesia". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polynesian?

polynesian has 4 syllables: po-lyn-e-sian. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /ˌpɑˌlɪˈniʒən/.

What is another word for polynesian?

Close synonyms include Malayo-Polynesian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polynesian a common word?

polynesian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with polynesian?

4 words rhyme with polynesian. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.