monosemy

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/

Noun

monosemy (uncountable)

1. (semantics) The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
2. (literary) singularity

Antonyms

• polysemy

Derived terms

• monosemic / monosemous (these two terms are interchangeable variants)

Translations

property of terms of having single meaning

• Catalan: monosèmia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單義性／单义性 (zh) (dānyìxìng)

• Czech: monosémie f
• Finnish: monosemia, yksimerkityksisyys
• French: monosémie (fr) f
• Galician: monosemia (gl) f
• Georgian: ერთმნიშვნელოვნება (ertmnišvnelovneba)
• German: Eindeutigkeit (de) f, Monosemie (de) f
• Irish: aonchiallachas m
• Russian: моносеми́я (ru) f (monosemíja), однозна́чность (ru) f (odnoznáčnostʹ)