monosemy

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/

Noun

monosemy (uncountable)

(semantics) The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
(literary) singularity

Antonyms

polysemy

Derived terms

monosemic / monosemous (these two terms are interchangeable variants)

Translations

property of terms of having single meaning

Catalan: monosèmia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單義性／单义性 (zh) (dānyìxìng)
Czech: monosémie f
Finnish: monosemia, yksimerkityksisyys
French: monosémie (fr) f
Galician: monosemia (gl) f
Georgian: ერთმნიშვნელოვნება (ertmnišvnelovneba)
German: Eindeutigkeit (de) f, Monosemie (de) f
Irish: aonchiallachas m
Russian: моносеми́я (ru) f (monosemíja), однозна́чность (ru) f (odnoznáčnostʹ)

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