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Polysemic words are words that are spelled exactly the same, but have different meanings.i.e. words with double meaning or double meaning. For example: leaf (can be leaf from trees or leaf from a notebook).

That is, its grammatical, syntagmatic and morphological structure is the same, but its meaning varies. In this article we will know 50 words with double meaning (or more senses), so that you are alert whenever someone uses them and you can sense their true meaning.

Let’s see 50 words with double meaning, and know their possible meanings. We must mention that some of them have even more meanings, but in this article we include the most used, common and frequent meanings in the Spanish language.

1. Leaf

A leaf can be a green leaf that grows on trees (the leaves of trees) or a notebook leaf (i.e., paper). It can also be a periodical (e.g. a parish blade), and the blade found in some tools and weapons.

2. Coffee

Coffee is the aromatic bean that allows us to drink cups of coffee, or it can be the brown color.

3. Letter

We have the letter that we send to our friends or family (a letter written on paper) or the letter that refers to the daily menu of a restaurant.

4. Merengue

Merengue is a dessert, which consists of a preparation based on sugar and egg white, and is also a type of dance.

5. Pen

The pen is a tool or article that is used to write with ink; it can also be the feather of birds (the horny formation that covers the body of birds), and it is even used to allude to a male who uses gestures or “effeminate” words.

6. Orange

Orange is a color and it is a fruit; in fact, the fruit is orange.

7. General

Something general is something that affects or concerns “everyone,” and it is also a military grade.

8. Tibia

The word tibia is used to allude to a medium temperature (of water, for example), that is, warm; which is neither cold nor hot. In turn, the tibia is also a bone located in the lower extremities (legs).

9. Saw

A saw is, in turn, a mountain range of mountains and a tool to cut wood or other materials.

10. Mouse

A mouse is a small animal (rodent) and a device that we connect to the computer to move the pointer.

11. Low

A bass is a musical instrument (stringed, similar to a guitar), is a person of low height and is an inferior position to others.

12. Yolk

The yolk is a part of the egg (the orange/yellowish one) and is the tip of the fingers.

13. Skirt

A skirt can be the bottom or bottom of a mountain, a type of cut in meats and a piece of clothing.

14. Peak

A beak is a short kiss on the lips; it is also a part of birds and other animals (their jaw) and a tool for digging into the ground.

15. Channel

A channel is the deepest part of a port entrance; it is also a television channel (frequency band in which one program or another is broadcast) and an artificial channel through which water circulates.

16. Plant

A plant is a living being, any type of plant or shrub; it is also the lower zone of the feet (the only zone of the body that is in contact with the ground) and each of the divisions of a building (from bottom to top or vice versa).

17. Taco

A taco is a Mexican food product, and is a footwear worn by soccer players.

18. Pending

An earring is a decoration that is placed on the ears, and is usually made of gold, silver, wood, metal … and is also a thing that must be done, which is “earring” to do.

19. Bank

A bench can be a seat to sit on (two or more people), and also a group of fish, as well as a place to keep and withdraw money. It also refers to the company that is in charge of carrying out financial operations.

20. Cat

A cat is a feline animal, and also a tool used to lift weight (and used mostly in cars).

21. White

White is a colour, and it is also said of the person who always receives something concrete from everyone, for example: “you are the white of all glances”, or “you are the white of all criticism”.

22. Capital

The capital refers to the main (and most important) population of a country, province, district, etc. It’s also an important amount of money.

23. Cure

The cure is the healing of a wound, or the remedy of some disease; it is also a figure/charge of the church (a priest who makes mass).

24. Apple

The apple is a fruit (fruit of the apple tree), is the pommel of the sword and is a square-shaped built space delimited by streets.

25. Witness

A witness is a person who has witnessed (seen, heard…) a crime, a hit and run, a criminal act, etc. It is also an object that is passed in relay races.

26. Temporary

Temporal is somewhat time-bound, transient, and also a big storm.

27. Monkey

A monkey is an animal; it is also a qualifier to allude to someone “nice” or “adorable”, and it is the unrestrained desire to do something (especially in addictions; for example having a smoking monkey).

28. Libra

A pound is a type of currency (monetary unit) used in some countries, and is also a zodiac sign.

29. Don

A gift is a special talent, and is a word that is used before the name to name important or recognized persons (e.g. Don Patricio).

30. Bar

The bar (elongated furniture where to place the glasses and plates) and the bread bar (elongated bread). We also found a lot of “bar” (a lot of snout).

31. Front

The front of something (e.g., step forward) and an area of the body above the eyes.

32. Entrance

The front part of a building, park, etc., through which it is accessed. It is also the area of the head where hair begins to grow (“you have tickets”) and a ticket that serves to access a show, monument, etc..

33. Doll

A part of the body (that which precedes the hand) and a toy (that simulates a real girl).

34. Handle

Elongated part of an object or a piece and tropical fruit.

35. Needle

Clock hand, sharp object for sewing, and tool for drawing blood or administering medications.

36. Wine

A type of alcoholic beverage and verbal conjugation of the verb “venir” (she came).

37. Foot

A part of the body and the end part (bracket) of a lamp.

38. Ridge

A part of the rooster and a part of the wave of the sea.

39. Candle

Part of a boat and wax object that is lit by a flame to illuminate or heat.

40. Band

A band is a group of thieves, and also a music group. It’s also a part of an object.

41. Rebecca

A garment and a woman’s name.

42. Layer

A garment and that which covers or bathes something (e.g. a coat of paint).

43. Ratchet

A bird and a musical instrument.

44. Hard

A type of currency (pesetas) and a characteristic of an object (the opposite of soft).

45. River

Water flow and conjugation of the verb reír (“I river”).

46. March

The military march (movement of troops), way of walking and conjugation of the verb to leave (“he leaves”).

47. Emperor

A type of fish and an important figure in a population (sovereign, supreme chief…).

48. Fabric

A type of fabric or texture and some areas of the human body (made up of millions of cells).

49. Bridge

A type of construction where people cross between two sides of earth and a piece of metal to hold the artificial teeth.

50. Garment

A piece of clothing and a person of “dubious reputation”.

Bibliographic references

Fernández, M. (1990). Around polysemy and homonymy. Yearbook of Philological Studies, 193-205.
Royal Spanish Academy. (2001). Dictionary of the Spanish Language (22nd ed.). Madrid, Spain: Author.

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double meaning: двоякое значение; двусмысленность

Смотреть что такое «double meaning» в других словарях:

double meaning — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambiguousness, amphibology, complexity of meaning, double entendre, double reference, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, irony, levels of meaning, multivocality, paronomasia,… … Moby Thesaurus
double meaning — twofold meaning, meaning that can be understood in two or more ways … English contemporary dictionary
double meaning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equivocation, double entendre, ambiguity. See vulgarity, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double entendre, ambiguity, play on words, innuendo, pun; see also joke 2 … English dictionary for students
double meaning — noun : double entendre the men and girls strained to anticipate the double meanings Charles Jackson … Useful english dictionary
double meaning — noun The situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings For example: wicked, meaning both good or great and bad or evil … Wiktionary
double-meaning — doubˈle meanˈing adjective Ambiguous (also noun) • • • Main Entry: ↑double … Useful english dictionary
double meaning — See ambiguity … Ballentine’s law dictionary
having a double meaning — index ambiguous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
possessing double meaning — index equivocal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
double-entendre — [dub΄əl än tän′ drə; do͞o΄blôn tôn′drə] n. 〚Fr (now obs.), double meaning〛 1. a term with two meanings, esp. when one of them has a risqué or indecorous connotation 2. the use of such a term or terms; ambiguity * * * dou·ble en·ten·dre (dŭb əl än … Universalium
double entendre — [n] play on words ambiguity, amphibiology, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, innuendo, joke, pun, tergiversation; concepts 278,682 … New thesaurus

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двоякое значение, двусмысленность, вводящий в заблуждение, обманчивый

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answered Jun 9, 2011 at 1:43

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+1. This seems to be the clearest term for what the questioner requests — it doesn’t have the extraneous connotations that some others have (humour in the case of pun, deliberate deceit or evasiveness in the case of equivocation), and it also covers all examples, unlike homonym, homophone, etc., which are each rather more restrictive.

Jun 9, 2011 at 3:40
Actually, we may need something like bi-/disemous or ambisimous.

Oct 14, 2012 at 14:43

A pun:

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

^Wikipedia

Perhaps more specifically a homonymic pun, which relies on words that are both homographs (same spelling, different meaning) and homophones (sound alike), e.g., «Being in politics is just like playing golf:

. . . you are trapped in one bad lie after another.»

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 1:29

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+1 Paronomasia is exactly the pun-itive measure I had in mind.

Jun 9, 2011 at 2:14
Pun seems to imply humorous plays on words. Is there a word extending to all?

Jun 9, 2011 at 3:09

Equivocation could work.

Equivocation is classified as both a formal and informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words.

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answered Jun 9, 2011 at 1:41

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Are you looking for :

Equivocation

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Double Entendre

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 1:59

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ambiguity (or ambiguous) and its associated figure of speech amphiboly capture the «multiple meanings at once». Both can apply to a single word or to an entire phrase or sentence.

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 17:38

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I think this is the best, because it is not confined to words. A sentence might be ambiguous despite none of its words being so. For example, The boy saw the man with the telescope can mean either that the man had the telescope, and the boy saw him; alternatively, it can mean that the boy, by means of the telescope, saw the man. Both meanings arise from the same set of words, without changing the meanings of the words. It is how the words combine which determines which meaning ultimately arises.

Jun 10, 2011 at 1:05

Bisemous.

It really means «with two meanings».

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answered Oct 14, 2012 at 14:45

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you do it ostensibly

«So maybe there’s a legal convention
concerning how definitions such as
this are to be
circumscribed/overridden/whatever by
the common English meaning however
vague by comparison of the term
ostensibly being defined?» — The
Volokh Conspiracy » Hate Crimes and
Double Jeopardy:

I just realized that if your word has at least two meanings at the same time that you might be referring to something ironic

–adjective
Both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or
poignant and extremely improbable way.
It is ironic that Einstein, who was
such a revolutionary young man, was
reduced to irrational denial of
quantum mechanics in his later years.

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 3:41

Is this a joke? If not, “ostensibly” here means as much as “allegedly”. As in, “it’s claimed that this term … is being defined (but it really isn’t)”.

Jun 9, 2011 at 10:45
@Konrad the question was «How could one put, in a single word, language that has multiple meanings at once?» How would you do it? I’d do it … ostensibly

Jun 9, 2011 at 11:58
@pageman: ‘ostensibly’ does imply that there is an alternative meaning, but it is primarily about the situation rather than the word or language.

Jun 9, 2011 at 17:34
@Mitch the question was how «does one» do it, right?

Jun 10, 2011 at 15:34
@pageman: that is a subtle reading of the intention of the OP that the OP probably didn’t intend. ‘Ostensible’ is about a surface meaning, but on reflection there is another meaning (It is not about the process of -inducing- the multiple meanings , the act of constructing the utterance with more than one meaning (which is what I think you’re getting at). In that case it would be prevaricating, equivocating, or dissembling, with the added connotation of ‘with the intent to deceive’ (which ‘ostensible’ doesn’t have).

Jun 10, 2011 at 16:25

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Table of Contents

What is it called when a phrase has two meanings?
What is it called when you have a double?
Can a sentence have more than one meaning?
What words have the most meanings?
What is the most used word in the world?
Which word has the most homonyms?
What are 2 words that sound the same?
What are similar sounding words?
What words sound the same but have different meanings?
What does double Entendre mean?
What is there their and they’re called?
When to use they’re or their?
What is the term for words like their there they re?
What is the difference between their and they?
Is they’re a proper term?
What are the 3 different yours?
What your is correct?
How do you use correctly?
What is difference between your and yours?

Filters. The situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings. For example:- wicked, meaning both good or great and bad or evil. noun.

What is it called when a phrase has two meanings?

A double entendre (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, of which one is typically obvious, whereas the other often conveys a message that would be too socially awkward, sexually suggestive, or offensive to state directly.

What is it called when you have a double?

A doppelgänger (/ˈdɒpəlɡɛŋər, -ɡæŋər/; German: [ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ] ( listen), literally “double-walker”) is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person.

Can a sentence have more than one meaning?

A sentence is polysemous if it has several possible meanings and those meanings are related. For example: She hit the man with the umbrella may be interpreted as she using an umbrella to hit the man, or as she hitting the man who was carrying an umbrella.

What words have the most meanings?

The word with the most meanings in English is the verb ‘set’, with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters.

What is the most used word in the world?

‘The’ is the most used word in the English-speaking world because it’s an essential part of grammar and communication.

Which word has the most homonyms?

Bow (verb) and bough are among the most common in English, according to Yahoo. what word in the English language has the most homonyms?…

aer-, prefix: “air-related”.
air, verb: to publicly discuss.
aire, obsolete spelling of air (noun, a tune or melody).
Aire: river in northern England.

What are 2 words that sound the same?

Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings. The word “homonym” comes from the prefix “homo-,” which means the same, and the suffix “-nym,” which means name.

What are similar sounding words?

Words that having similar sounds are called homonyms. Within the category of homonyms are two commonly confused concepts: homographs and homophones. Homographs are words that are may have the same spelling, but have different meanings and that may have different pronunciations.

What words sound the same but have different meanings?

Homophones are words that sound the same but are different in meaning or spelling. Homographs are spelled the same, but differ in meaning or pronunciation. Homonyms can be either or even both.

What does double Entendre mean?

1 linguistics : a word or expression capable of two interpretations with one usually risqué flirty talk full of double entendres.

What is there their and they’re called?

Words that sound the same but have different meanings (and sometimes spelling) are called homophones. Therefore they’re, their and there are Homophones.

When to use they’re or their?

Their is the possessive pronoun, as in “their car is red”; there is used as an adjective, “he is always there for me,” a noun, “get away from there,” and, chiefly, an adverb, “stop right there”; they’re is a contraction of “they are,” as in “they’re getting married.”

What is the term for words like their there they re?

Why Are There, Their and They’re So Similar? There, their and they’re are examples of homophones. Breaking down the word homophone can help you understand its meaning. Homo means “same,” and phone means “sound.” So, words that are homophones will have the same sound.

What is the difference between their and they?

There means the opposite of here; “at that place.” Their means “belongs to them.” They’re is a contraction of “they are” or “they were.”

Is they’re a proper term?

They’re has an apostrophe, which means it’s the product of two words: they are. If you can substitute they are into your sentence and retain the meaning, then they’re is the correct homophone to use.

What are the 3 different yours?

Your, You’re

your – possessive, the thing belonging to you. See how it ends in “our”? Use that as a reminder. When it belongs to us, it’s our thing. When it belongs to you, it’s your thing.
you’re – a contraction of the words “you are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word can be split into two words.

What your is correct?

Your – its meaning and usage Your is the possessive form of the pronoun you. Your is used as a second-person possessive adjective. This means that the word your is always followed by a noun which belongs to or is associated with you.

How do you use correctly?

Your is the second person possessive adjective, used to describe something as belonging to you. Your is always followed by a noun or gerund. You’re is the contraction of “you are” and is often followed by the present participle (verb form ending in -ing).

What is difference between your and yours?

‘your’ is a possessive adjective. E.g. ‘It’s YOUR pen’ ‘yours’ is a possessive pronoun. E.g. ‘It’s YOURS.

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double meaning (plural double meanings)

The situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings. For example, wicked can mean both «good» and «bad».
A deliberate construction that plays on two separate meanings of a word or words; a pun.
- 2011, Patrick Spedding; James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 118:
  
  It is important to note that connotation is different from an unambiguous “double meaning” or “pun.” With a pun both meanings have to be lexically current but with connotation it is the multiple, even ambiguous, associations of each word that are important.)

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double entendre

(ˈdʌbəl ɑːnˈtɑːndrə; -ˈtɑːnd; French dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃drə)

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a word, phrase, etc, that can be interpreted in two ways, esp one having one meaning that is indelicate

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the type of humour that depends upon such ambiguity

[C17: from obsolete French: double meaning]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dou•ble en•ten•dre

(ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drə, -ˈtɑnd; Fr. du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ dr^ə)

n., pl. dou•ble en•ten•dres (ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drəz, -ˈtɑndz; Fr. du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ dr^ə)

1. a word or expression used so that it can be understood in two ways, esp. when one meaning is risqué.

2. a double meaning; ambiguity.

[1665–75; < French (now obsolete); see double, intend]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

double entendre — an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

ambiguity — an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

double entendre

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Translations

dvojsmysl

kaksimielisyys

doppio senso

duplo sentido

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