semantics

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. (countable, uncountable) The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
4. (countable, uncountable) The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
5. (countable, uncountable) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
6. (broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Pettiness or triviality.

Concepts

sémantique

sèmantique

Synonymes

semasiology

meaning

bearing

essence

import

magnitude

moment

purport

semiology

sense

significance

study of meaning

semanteme

sematology

account

Traductions

Semantik

semántica

semantica

semântica

semantiek

semàntica

σημασιολογία

anlambilim

betekenisleer

anlam bilimi

Semantica

عِلْم اَلْمَعَانِي

mathematische Einheiten

watenasî

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪˈmæntɪks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). By surface analysis, semantic + -ics.