Definitions For Polyseme

Adjective

(linguistics) having multiple meanings

Antonyms

monoseme

Related terms

polysemic polysemy

Noun

POLYSEME (plural POLYSEMEs) (semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings.

Translations

German: Polysem, n Japanese: 多義語, tr=tagigo Portuguese: polissema, m

Etymology

poly + seme

Anagrams

employes, employés

Is Polyseme a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Polyseme is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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