polysemy

po ly se my |ˈpäliˌsemē ˈpɑliˌsɛmi | ▶noun Linguistics the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase. DERIVATIVES po ly se mic |ˌpäliˈsēmik |adjective, po ly se mous |ˌpäliˈsēməs |adjective ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from poly- ‘many ’ + Greek sēma ‘sign. ’

polysemy

polysemy |ˈpɒlɪsiːmi, pəˈlɪsɪmi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Linguistics the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase. DERIVATIVES polysemic |-ˈsiːmɪk |adjective, polysemous |-ˈsiːməs |adjective ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from poly- ‘many ’ + Greek sēma ‘sign ’.

polysemy

po ly se my /pəlɪ́sɪmi , ｟米 ｠pɑ̀lisíːmi /名詞 U 〘言 〙多義 (性 ).