"polysemy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polysemies [plural]
Etymology: polyseme + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polyseme|y}} polyseme + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} polysemy (usually uncountable, plural polysemies)
  1. (semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones. Wikipedia link: polysemy Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Semantics Related terms: polysemic, polysemous, homonymy Translations (ability to have multiple meanings): polisemi [feminine] (Albanian), تَعَدُّدُ مَعَانٍ (taʕaddudu maʕānin) [masculine] (Arabic), բազմիմաստություն (bazmimastutʻyun) (Armenian), полисемия [Cyrillic] (Azerbaijani), polisemiya [Roman] (Azerbaijani), polisemia (Basque), полісемія (pólisjemija) [feminine] (Belarusian), liessteriegezh [feminine] (Breton), полисемия (polisemija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), polisèmia [feminine] (Catalan), 多義性 (Chinese Cantonese), 多义性 (english: do¹ ji⁶ sing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 一詞多義 (Chinese Mandarin), 一词多义 (yīcí duōyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 多義性 (Chinese Mandarin), 多义性 (duōyìxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), çoqmanalılıq (Crimean Tatar), polysémie [feminine] (Czech), polysemi [common-gender] (Danish), polysemie [feminine] (Dutch), polisemio (Esperanto), polysemia (Finnish), monimerkityksisyys (Finnish), polysémie [feminine] (French), polisemia [feminine] (Galician), პოლისემია (ṗolisemia) (Georgian), მრავალმნიშვენლიანობა (mravalmnišvenlianoba) (Georgian), Polysemie [feminine] (German), Mehrdeutigkeit [feminine] (German), πολυσημία (polysimía) [feminine] (Greek), poliszémia (Hungarian), polisemio (Ido), polisemi (Indonesian), ilchiallachas [masculine] (Irish), polisemia [feminine] (Italian), 多義性 (tagisei) (alt: たぎせい) (Japanese), полисемия (polisemiä) (Kazakh), 다의성 (dauiseong) (Korean), полисемия (polisemiya) (Kyrgyz), polisēmija [feminine] (Latvian), polisemija [feminine] (Lithuanian), polysemija [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), полисемија (polisemija) [feminine] (Macedonian), polysemi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polysemi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), چندمعنایی (Persian), polisemia [feminine] (Polish), wieloznaczność [feminine] (Polish), polissemia [feminine] (Portuguese), polisemie [feminine] (Romanian), полисеми́я (polisemíja) [feminine] (Russian), многозна́чность (mnogoznáčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), полисѐмија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polisèmija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polysémia [feminine] (Slovak), mnohoznačnosť [feminine] (Slovak), polisemija [feminine] (Slovene), večpomenskost [feminine] (Slovene), polisemia [feminine] (Spanish), polysemi [common-gender] (Swedish), çokanlamlılık (Turkish), полісемія (polisemija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), багатозначність (bahatoznačnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), polysemija [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), полисемия (polisemiya) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), polisemiya [Roman] (Uzbek)

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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "პოლისემია"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mravalmnišvenlianoba",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polysimía",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "たぎせい",
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dauiseong",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "word": "다의성"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "word": "چندمعنایی"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wieloznaczność"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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          "word": "многозна́чность"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
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        "The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "multiple",
          "multiple"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "polysemy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈpɒ.lɪ.siː.mi/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/pə.ˈlɪ.sɪ.mi/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕaddudu maʕānin",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَعَدُّدُ مَعَانٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bazmimastutʻyun",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "բազմիմաստություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "полисемия"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "polisemiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "polisemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pólisjemija",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полісемія"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liessteriegezh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polisemija",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полисемия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisèmia"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "多義性"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "do¹ ji⁶ sing³",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "多义性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "一詞多義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīcí duōyì",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "一词多义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "多義性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōyìxìng",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "多义性"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "çoqmanalılıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysémie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polysemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysemie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "polisemio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "polysemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "monimerkityksisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysémie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗolisemia",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "პოლისემია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalmnišvenlianoba",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "მრავალმნიშვენლიანობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polysemie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mehrdeutigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polysimía",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πολυσημία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "poliszémia"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "polisemio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "polisemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilchiallachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たぎせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tagisei",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "多義性"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "polisemiä",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "полисемия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dauiseong",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "다의성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "polisemiya",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "полисемия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisēmija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polisemija",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полисемија"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polysemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polysemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "چندمعنایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wieloznaczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polissemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polisemíja",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полисеми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoznáčnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "многозна́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полисѐмија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisèmija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysémia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mnohoznačnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "večpomenskost"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysemija"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polysemija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polisemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polysemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "word": "çokanlamlılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polisemija",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полісемія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoznačnistʹ",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "багатозначність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "polisemiya",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "полисемия"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ability to have multiple meanings",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "polisemiya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polysemy"
}

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