polisemia

See also: polisèmia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French polysémie, from poli- +‎ sema +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /po.li.seˈmi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: po‧li‧se‧mì‧a

Noun

polisemia f (countable and uncountable, plural polisemie)

  1. (linguistics, of a term) polysemy (the characteristic of having multiple meanings)
  2. (of a literary composition) The characteristic of being interpretable in various ways. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Synonym: (rare) plurisemia

References

  • polisemia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poliˈsemja/ [po.liˈse.mja]
  • Rhymes: -emja
  • Syllabification: po‧li‧se‧mia

Noun

polisemia f (plural polisemias)

  1. polysemy

Further reading

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