polysemy

English

Etymology

polyseme +‎ -y

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siː.mi/, /pə.ˈlɪ.sɪ.mi/

Noun

polysemy (usually uncountable, plural polysemies)

(semantics) The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings.
[...] polysemy, which is the greedy habit some words have of taking more than one meaning for themselves. Erin McKean, speech at TED.

Antonyms

monosemy

Related terms

Translations

ability to have multiple meanings

Catalan: polisèmia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一詞多義, 一词多义 (yīcí duōyì)
Crimean Tatar: çoqmanalılıq
Czech: polysémie (cs) f
Dutch: polysemie (nl)
Finnish: polysemia (fi), monimerkityksisyys (fi)
French: polysémie (fr) f

Georgian: პოლისემია (ṗolisemia), მრავალმნიშვენლიანობა (mravalmnišvenlianoba)
German: Polysemie (de) f, Mehrdeutigkeit (de) f
Hungarian: poliszémia (hu)
Italian: polisemia (it) f
Japanese: 多義性 (たぎせい, tagisei)
Portuguese: polissemia (pt) f
Russian: полисеми́я (ru) f (polisemíja), многозна́чность (ru) f (mnogoznáčnostʹ)
Swedish: polysemi c

See also

homonymy

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