- polysemus
polysēmus, a, um (πολύσημος), viel bedeutend, sermo, Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 1.
http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913. 1806–1895.
polysemus
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POLYSÉMIE — La polysémie est la propriété qu’ont certains signes de la langue d’offrir plusieurs sens: «violon» désigne un instrument de musique, celui qui en joue, une prison. Aux unités polysémiques s’opposent les unités monosémiques (la plupart des termes … Encyclopédie Universelle
polysemous — or polysemic adjective Etymology: Late Latin polysemus, from Greek polysēmos, from poly + sēma sign Date: 1884 having multiple meanings • polysemy noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
polysemous — pol·y·se·mous (pŏl ē sēʹməs) adj. Having or characterized by many meanings: highly polysemous words such as play and table. [From Late Latin polysēmus, from Greek polusēmos: polu , poly + sēma, sign.] polʹy·se my (pŏlʹē sē mē, pə lĭsʹə ) n … Universalium
polysemous — po|lys|e|mous [pəˈlısıməs, ˌpɔlıˈsi:məs US ˌpa:liˈsi:məs] adj technical [Date: 1900 2000; : Late Latin; Origin: polysemus, from Greek, from sema sign ] a polysemous word has two or more different meanings >polysemy [pəˈlısımi, ˈpɔlısi:mi US… … Dictionary of contemporary English
polysemy — (n.) 1900, from Fr. polysémie (1897), from M.L. polysemus, from Gk. polysemos of many senses, from poly (see POLY (Cf. poly )) + sema sign. Related: Polysemic; polysemous (1884) … Etymology dictionary
polysemy — [päl′i sē΄mē] n. [ModL polysemia < LL polysemus, having many meanings < Gr polysēmos < poly , POLY + sēma, a sign: see SEMANTIC] the phenomenon of having or being open to several or many meanings polysemic [pol′y semik] adj. polysemous… … English World dictionary
