многозначный

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Russian

Etymology 1

много- (mnogo-) +‎ зна́к (znák, digit, literally sign) +‎ -ный (-nyj) or много- (mnogo-) +‎ -зна́чный (-znáčnyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

многозна́чный (mnogoznáčnyj)

  1. multidigit
    Synonym: многоразря́дный (mnogorazrjádnyj)
Declension

Etymology 2

много- (mnogo-) +‎ зна́чить (znáčitʹ, to mean) +‎ -ный (-nyj) or много- (mnogo-) +‎ -зна́чный (-znáčnyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

многозна́чный (mnogoznáčnyj)

  1. having multiple meanings, polysemous
    Synonyms: многозна́чащий (mnogoznáčaščij), полисеми́чный (polisemíčnyj)
  2. ambiguous
    Synonym: неоднозна́чный (neodnoznáčnyj)
  3. (colloquial) meaningful
    Synonym: многозначи́тельный (mnogoznačítelʹnyj)
    многозначный взглядmnogoznačnyj vzgljadeloquent gaze
  4. (mathematics) multivalued
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • многозначный in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru