polyseme

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Noun

polyseme (plural polysemes)

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

Translations

• German: Polysem
• Portuguese: polissema

Adjective

1. (linguistics) having multiple meanings

Antonyms

• monoseme

Related terms

• polysemic
• polysemy

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