polyseme

polyseme

See also: Polyseme and polysème

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ seme

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siːm/

Noun

polyseme (plural polysemes)

1. (semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings.

Translations

word/phrase with multiple meanings

German: Polysem (de) n Japanese: 多義語 (tagigo)

Portuguese: polissema m

Adjective

polyseme

1. (linguistics) having multiple meanings

Antonyms

• monoseme

Related terms

• polysemic
• polysemy

Anagrams

• employes, employés

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German

Adjective

polyseme

1. inflected form of polysem