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polysemous

polysemous

English

Adjective

polysemous ‎(not comparable)

(linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.

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Related terms

polysemy

Translations

having multiple meanings

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多義 (zh), 多义 (zh) ‎(duōyì)
Finnish: monimerkityksinen (fi)
Greek: πολύσημος (el) m ‎(polýsimos)

Icelandic: (polysemous word) margrætt orð n
Polish: polisemiczny m, wieloznaczny m
Portuguese: polissémico (Portugal), polissêmico (Brazil)