polysemic

polysemic

English

Etymology

polyseme +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɒ.lɪ.ˈsiː.mɪk/

Adjective

polysemic (comparative more polysemic, superlative most polysemic)

1. (linguistics) Having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings.

Synonyms

• polysemantic
• polysemous

Antonyms

• monosemous
• univocal

Related terms

• oligosemic
• polyseme
• polysemy

Translations

having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings

Bulgarian: многозначен (mnogoznáčen) Czech: polysémický (cs) m Dutch: polyseem (nl) Finnish: monimerkityksinen (fi) French: polysémique (fr)

German: mehrdeutig (de) Polish: polisemiczny, wieloznaczny (pl) Portuguese: polissémico (Portugal), polissêmico (Brazil) Russian: многозна́чный (ru) (mnogoznáčnyj) Spanish: polisémico (es)