polysemia

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English

Noun

polysemia (uncountable)

  1. polysemy

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English polysemy).

Pronunciation

Noun

polysemia

  1. (semantics) polysemy

Declension

Inflection of polysemia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative polysemia polysemiat
genitive polysemian polysemioiden
polysemioitten
partitive polysemiaa polysemioita
illative polysemiaan polysemioihin
singular plural
nominative polysemia polysemiat
accusative nom. polysemia polysemiat
gen. polysemian
genitive polysemian polysemioiden
polysemioitten
polysemiain rare
partitive polysemiaa polysemioita
inessive polysemiassa polysemioissa
elative polysemiasta polysemioista
illative polysemiaan polysemioihin
adessive polysemialla polysemioilla
ablative polysemialta polysemioilta
allative polysemialle polysemioille
essive polysemiana polysemioina
translative polysemiaksi polysemioiksi
abessive polysemiatta polysemioitta
instructive polysemioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of polysemia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Synonyms

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