"polysemous" meaning in All languages combined

See polysemous on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɒl.ɪˈsiː.məs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɑːl.iˈsiː.məs/ [US], /pəˈlɪs.ə.məs/ [US] Audio: en-us-polysemous.ogg , en-us-polysemous-2.ogg
Etymology: From Medieval Latin polysēmus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|polysēmus}} Medieval Latin polysēmus, {{der|en|grc|πολύσημος}} Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polysemous (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of polysemic. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: polysemic [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: polysemy Translations (having multiple meanings): многозна́чен (mnogoznáčen) (Bulgarian), polisèmic (Catalan), 多義 (Chinese Mandarin), 多义 (duōyì) (Chinese Mandarin), polysémický [masculine] (Czech), meerduidig (Dutch), veelduidig (Dutch), polyseem (Dutch), monimerkityksinen (Finnish), polysémique (French), mehrdeutig (German), πολύσημος (polýsimos) [masculine] (Greek), többjelentésű (Hungarian), poliszém (Hungarian), margrætt orð (english: polysemous word) [neuter] (Icelandic), polysemantisk (Norwegian), flertydig (Norwegian), mangetydig (Norwegian), پرمعنا (porrma'nâ) (Persian), polisemiczny [masculine] (Polish), wieloznaczny [masculine] (Polish), polissémico [Portugal] (Portuguese), polissêmico [Brazil] (Portuguese), многозна́чный (mnogoznáčnyj) (Russian), polisémico (Spanish), polisemántico (Spanish), amlystyrol (Welsh)
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