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polysemes

polysemes is the plural of polyseme.

Meaning of polyseme

Noun

polyseme (plural polysemes)

  1. (especially) One whose multiple meanings are etymologically related.
    Antonyms:
    monoseme
  2. (sometimes) One whose multiple meanings either are or aren't etymologically related.
    Synonyms:
    homonym
    Antonyms:
    monoseme

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Questions about polysemes

What is polysemes the plural of?
Polysemes is the plural of polyseme.

Words near polysemes in the dictionary

  1. polysemant
  2. polysemantic
  3. polysemantically
  4. polysemants
  5. polyseme
  6. polysemes
  7. polysemia
  8. polysemic
  9. polysemically
  10. polysemies
  11. polysemous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polysemes (page history and authors); polyseme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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