polysemia
/ˌpɒlɪˈsiːmɪə/Linguistics
noun
= polysemy.
Origin
Early 20th century. From French polysémie (M. Bréal Essai de sémantique xiv. 155; compare quot. 1900; from post-classical Latin polysemus or its etymon ancient Greek πολύσημος + French -ie), with alteration of the ending after words in -ia.
- mountain burnet
- mountain butter
- mountain cabbage
- mountain cat
- mountain-cedar
- mountain chain
- mountain cherry
- mountain chestnut oak
- mountain chicken
- mountain climbing
- mountain clover
- mountain cock
- mountain cow
- mountain crab
- mountain cranberry
- mountain crystal
- mountain cure
- mountain currant
- mountain daisy
- mountain devil
- mountain dew
- mountain dock
- mountain duck
- mountain eagle
- mountain ebony