Colexification, together
with its associated verb colexify,
are terms used in semantics and
lexical typology. It refers to the case when a language expresses different meanings using the same word. The
term was coined by linguist Alexandre François in his
2008 article “Semantic maps and the typology of colexification”. Wikipedia contributors. (2020, September 10). Colexification. In
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