myriad
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myriad
- /ˈmɪɹi.æd/ US, UK
- /ˈmɪɹi.əd/ US, UK
- /ˈmɪ(ː)ɹɪjad/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈmɪ(ː)ɹɪjəd/ British, Southern, Standard
Where it comes from
From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.
noun myriads
adjective
- Multifaceted, having innumerable elements. one night he would be singing at the barred window and yelling down out of the soft myriad darkness of a May night; the next night he would be gone [...].
- Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous. Earth hosts myriad animals.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: multitudinous, unnumerable, countless, innumerous, numberless, innumerable, unnumberable, infinite, incalculable, unnumbered, uncounted, ten thousand, multifaceted, multiplicity, multiple, manifold
Translations
Every language
noun ten thousand — see also ten thousand
| Español | miríada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 만 man |
| 日本語 | 万 man |
| 中文 | 萬 /万 wàn |
| Português | miríade |
| Français | myriade |
| Deutsch | Myriade |
| Italiano | miriade |
| Ελληνικά | μυριάδα myriáda |
| Русский | мириа́да miriáda |
| Tiếng Việt | vạn, muôn |
| עברית | רבבה revava, ריבוא ribo |
Talk about this word "myriad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/myriad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. myriad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/myriad "myriad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/myriad.Cite this
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title = {myriad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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