polysemic

English

Etymology

polyseme +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɒ.lɪ.ˈsiː.mɪk/

Adjective

polysemic ‎(comparative more polysemic, superlative most polysemic)

1. (linguistics) Having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings.

Translations

having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings

• Bulgarian: многозначен ‎(mnogoznáčen)
• Czech: polysémický (cs) m
• Dutch: polyseem (nl)
• Finnish: monimerkityksinen (fi)
• French: polysémique (fr)

• German: mehrdeutig (de)
• Polish: polisemiczny, wieloznaczny
• Portuguese: polissémico (Portugal), polissêmico (Brazil)
• Russian: многозна́чный (ru) ‎(mnogoznáčnyj)
• Spanish: polisémico (es)

Synonyms

• polysemantic
• polysemous

Antonyms

• monosemous

Related terms

• oligosemic
• polyseme
• polysemy