"monosemic" meaning in English

See monosemic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: monoseme [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English monosemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monosemic From monosemy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|monosemy|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English monosemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monosemic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "monosemic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="monosemic"> From monosemy + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monosemic (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to monosemy. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (pertaining to monosemy): monosemantic
    Sense id: en-monosemic-en-adj-KWKtQnEp Disambiguation of 'pertaining to monosemy': 92 8
  2. (prosody) Consisting of, or equal to, a single semeion. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): monosémický [masculine] (Czech), monosème (French), monosemiczny (Polish), monosémico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monosemic-en-adj-wGvVFP4L Categories (other): Prosody, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: monosemous, unambiguous, univocal, monomoraic [prosody, phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: monosemically
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