"polyseme" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: poly- + seme Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|seme}} poly- + seme Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} polyseme
  1. (linguistics) having multiple meanings Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: polysemic, polysemy
    Sense id: en-polyseme-en-adj-LM3A4wKM Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: polysemes [plural]
Etymology: poly- + seme Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|seme}} poly- + seme Head templates: {{en-noun}} polyseme (plural polysemes)
  1. (semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings. Categories (topical): Semantics Translations (word/phrase with multiple meanings): Polysem [neuter] (German), 多義語 (tagigo) (Japanese), polissema [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-polyseme-en-noun-Y7XLENqA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 39 61 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

Inflected forms

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