Hyphenation of polysemy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word polysemy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

pol-y-se-my

Definitions of polysemy:

1.	The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

Synonyms of polysemy:

noun	lexical ambiguity, ambiguity, equivocalness

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.