多義語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	義	語
た Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

多(た)義(ぎ)語(ご) • (tagigo) 

1. (linguistics, semantics) a polyseme, a word or expression with more than one meaning
   • 2018 December 4 (last accessed), “Dai-nana kai, Tagigo wa gogen kara semeru [#7, Tackle polysemy from word roots]”, in Ei-tango no osae doko‎^[1]:

     皆(みな)さん、capital(キャピタル)という単(たん)語(ご)を知(し)っていますか。これは、俗(ぞく)にいう、多(た)義(ぎ)語(ご)と呼(よ)ばれる単(たん)語(ご)になります。

     Mina-san, kyapitaru to iu tango o shitteimasu ka. Kore wa, zoku ni iu, tagigo to yobareru tango ni narimasu.

     Everyone, do you know the word capital? This is what is called a polysemous word.

2. polysemy, the quality of having more than one meaning

See also

• 多(た)義(ぎ) (tagi, “polysemy, multiple meanings”)