polysemous

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/, /ˌpɒl.ɪˈsiː.məs/
• (America) IPA: /ˌpɑːl.iˈsiː.məs/, /pəˈlɪs.ə.məs/

Adjective

polysemous (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.

   Synonyms: polysemantic, polysemic

   Antonyms: monosemous, univocal

   • 2000, Yael Ravin, Claudia Leacock, Polysemy: Theoretical and Computational Approaches, OUP Oxford (ISBN 9780191584695), page 52:

     But just how are the meanings associated with a polysemous word related? A look at the entries for polysemous words in different dictionaries shows that lexicographers cannot agree on how to divide up the semantic space […]

Related terms

• polysemy

Translations

• French: polysémique
• Portuguese: polissémico (Portugal), polissêmico (Brazil)

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