different between poly vs contactus

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of various words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

poly (plural polys)

1. Polytechnic.
2. Polyethylene (polythene).
3. Polyurethane
4. (chiefly computer graphics) Polygon.

   Hyponyms: rect, tri

   • 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters:

     The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris.

5. (uncountable) Polyester.

   a cotton-poly blend

6. (chiefly informal) Polyamory.
7. (chiefly informal) A polyamorous person.

Adjective

poly (not comparable)

1. (chiefly informal) Polyamorous.

Coordinate terms

• mono

Verb

poly (third-person singular simple present polys, present participle polying, simple past and past participle polyed)

1. (transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.

Derived terms

• polyless
• polypile

Etymology 2

Latin polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium.

Alternative forms

• poley

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po?li/
• Rhymes: -??li

Noun

poly

1. A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.

Usage notes

• The name, with various prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.

Derived terms

• poly-mountain

Further reading

• poly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• ploy

French

Adjective

poly (plural polys)

1. (slang) Clipping of polytechnique.
2. (slang) Clipping of polyvalent.

Noun

poly m or f (plural polys)

1. (slang) Clipping of polytechnique. (this is itself a clipping of institut polytechnique or école polytechnique)
2. (slang) Clipping of polyvalente. (this is itself a clipping of institut polyvalent or école polyvalente)

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of conting? (“touch on all sides”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?ta?k.tus/, [k?n??t?ä?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?tak.tus/, [k?n??t??kt?us]

Participle

cont?ctus (feminine cont?cta, neuter cont?ctum); first/second-declension participle

1. touched on all sides, having been touched on all sides
2. reached, arrived at, having been reached
3. touched, affected, moved, having been moved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

cont?ctus m (genitive cont?ct?s); fourth declension

1. The act of touching; contact, touch.
2. A contagion, infection.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Related terms

• cont?g?s
• cont?gi? / cont?gium / cont?men
• cont?gi?sus

Descendants

• ? English: contact
• Russian: ???????? (kontákt)

References

• contactus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contactus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette