This word is polysemous.
Source: tatoeba (12778173)
Polysemous
//pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs//
Synonyms for "polysemous" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- многозна́чен adj (having multiple meanings)
Catalan
1 entries- polisèmic adj (having multiple meanings)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 多義 /多义 adj (having multiple meanings)
Czech
1 entries- polysémický adj (having multiple meanings)
Dutch
3 entries- meerduidig adj (having multiple meanings)
- polyseem adj (having multiple meanings)
- veelduidig adj (having multiple meanings)
Finnish
1 entries- monimerkityksinen adj (having multiple meanings)
French
1 entries- polysémique adj (having multiple meanings)
German
1 entries- mehrdeutig adj (having multiple meanings)
Greek
1 entries- πολύσημος adj (having multiple meanings)
Hungarian
2 entries- poliszém adj (having multiple meanings)
- többjelentésű adj (having multiple meanings)
Icelandic
1 entries- margrætt orð adj (having multiple meanings)
Norwegian
3 entries- flertydig adj (having multiple meanings)
- mangetydig adj (having multiple meanings)
- polysemantisk adj (having multiple meanings)
Persian
1 entries- پرمعنا adj (having multiple meanings)
Polish
2 entries- polisemiczny adj (having multiple meanings)
- wieloznaczny adj (having multiple meanings)
Portuguese
2 entries- polissémico adj (having multiple meanings)
- polissêmico adj (having multiple meanings)
Russian
1 entries- многозна́чный adj (having multiple meanings)
Spanish
2 entries- polisemántico adj (having multiple meanings)
- polisémico adj (having multiple meanings)
Welsh
1 entries- amlystyrol adj (having multiple meanings)
Sample sentences
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Polysemous word is a word which has got several meanings.
Source: tatoeba (12778188)
But just how are the meanings associated with a polysemous word related? A look at the entries for polysemous words in different dictionaries shows that lexicographers cannot agree on how to divide up the semantic space […]
Source: wiktionary
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