polyseme

From poly- +‎ seme.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siːm/

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polyseme (plural polysemes)

1. (semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings.

   Antonym: monoseme

   Hypernyms: word, term, phrase

   1. (especially) One whose multiple meanings are etymologically related.

      Hyponyms: (linearly polysemic types) autohyponym, autohypernym, automeronym, autoholonym

      Coordinate terms: homophone, homograph < homonym

   2. (sometimes) One whose multiple meanings either are or aren't etymologically related.

      Synonym: homonym

      Hyponyms: homophone, homograph

polyseme

1. (linguistics) Having multiple meanings.

• monoseme

• polysemic
• polysemy

• employes, employés

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polyseme

1. inflection of polysem:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular