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Polyseme

Polyseme

See also: polyseme and polysème

German

Noun

Polyseme n

plural of Polysem

polyseme

polyseme

See also: Polyseme and polysème

English

Noun

polyseme ‎(plural polysemes)

(semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings.

Translations

word/phrase with multiple meanings

German: Polysem (de) n

Japanese: 多義語 ‎(tagigo)
Portuguese: polissema m

Adjective

polyseme

(linguistics) having multiple meanings

Related terms

Antonyms

monoseme

Anagrams

employes