polysemy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siː.mi/|/pəˈlɪ.sɪ.mi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones. uncountable,usually
    — Fifty years ago the linguist and semanticist Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy, the fact that some words have a network of multiple but related meanings, is "the pivot of semantic analysis" […]

词形变化

polysemies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma)lbor.
English seme
English polyseme
English -y
English polysemy
From polyseme + -y.
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