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polysemy:
- Wiktionary:
  polysemy → Polysemie, Mehrdeutigkeit
  polysemy → Polysemie
- Synonyms for "polysemy":
  lexical ambiguity; ambiguity; equivocalness

English

Detailed Translations for polysemy from English to German

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polysemic; polygamy

polysemy:

Translation Matrix for polysemy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	lexical ambiguity

Synonyms for "polysemy":

lexical ambiguity; ambiguity; equivocalness

Antonyms for "polysemy":

monosemy

Related Definitions for "polysemy":

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings¹

Wiktionary Translations for polysemy:

polysemy

noun

ability to have multiple meanings
- polysemy → Polysemie; Mehrdeutigkeit

polysemy

noun

Linguistik, speziell lexikalische Semantik: Mehrdeutigkeit eines Wortes, das mehrere, aber untereinander ähnliche Bedeutungen hat
- Polysemie → polysemy

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• polysemy	→ Polysemie	↔ polysemie — het kunnen hebben van meerdere (verwante) betekenissen
• polysemy	→ Polysemie	↔ polysémie — linguistique\|fr Propriété, pour un mot, de posséder plusieurs sens, qui diminue avec le phénomène de désuétude et augmente avec celui de néosémie.

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