myriad

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin myrias (genitive of myriadis), from Ancient Greek μυριάδος (myriados), genitive of μυριάς (myrias), “‘number of 10,000’”), from μύριος (myrios), “‘numberless, countless, infinite’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈmɪɹiæd/, /ˈmɪɹɪəd/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈmɪ.ɹi.æd/, /ˈmɪ.ɹi.əd/; SAMPA: /"mI.ri.{d/, /"mI.ri.@d/

[edit] Noun

Singular
myriad

Plural
myriads

myriad (plural myriads)

  1. (now historical) Ten thousand; 10,000.
  2. A countless number or multitude (of specified things).
    Earth hosts a myriad of animals.

[edit] Translations

ten thousand
vast diversity or number

[edit] Adjective

myriad (not comparable)

Positive
myriad

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Great in number; innumerable.
    The myriad stars were impossible to count.
    • 2009, Wikipedia:Huế:
      Roughly along the Perfume River from Huế lie myriad other monuments.

[edit] Translations

great in number

[edit] See also

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