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semantic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /səˈmæntək/ weak vowel merger
  • /sɪˈmæntɪk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Compare French sémantique.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
  2. (not-comparable, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
  3. (not-comparable, of a detail or distinction, slang) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.

Antonyms

antisemantic

Deriveds

ethnosemantic · presemantic · phono-semantic compound · psychosemantic · semantic bleaching · grammaticosemantic · semantician · zoosemantic · semantic progression · semantic-oriented programming · semantic calque · semantic change · semantic layer · semantic memory · semantic satiation · unsemantic · isosemantic · semanticity · semanticist · semantic field · exosemantic · semanteme · semantic network · polysemantic · monosemantic · neurosemantic · semantic versioning · semantic net · semanticism · synsemantic · semantic tableau · endosemantic · nonsemantic · metasemantic · quasisemantic · semantic differentiation · phonosemantic · autosemantic · semantic drift · semantic shift · phono-semantic matching · semantically · biosemantic · semantic loan · semanticization · semantic-pragmatic disorder · morphosemantic · semanticize · semantic Web · asemantic · episemantic · lexicosemantic · semantic borrowing · semantic analysis · extrasemantic

Relateds

semiotics · semantical · sememe · sematology · semantics · semasiology · sematic · seme · semiotic

Translations (44)

fi semanttinen (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · fr sémantique (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ga séimeantach (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · nl semantisch (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · tr semantik (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · be семанты́чны (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ru семанти́ческий (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · cs významový (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · pl semantyczny (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · de semantisch (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · tr manaya ait (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ja 意味的な (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · el σημασιολογικός (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · hi अर्थसंबंधी (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · sv semantisk (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ko 시멘틱 (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ga séimeantaice (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · id semantis (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · sv betydelsemässig (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · tr anlamsal (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · sk významový (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · hu szemantikai (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · it semantico (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · cs sémantický (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · hu szemantikus (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · es semántico (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · hu jelentéstani (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ro semantic (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · is merkingarfræðilegur (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ast semánticu (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · mt semantika (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ar دَلَالَات الأَلفَاظ (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · hu jelentésbeli (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · fi merkitysopillinen (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · pt semântico (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · da semantisk (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · mr शब्दार्थासंबंधीचा (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · uk семанти́чний (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · ca semàntic (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · kk семантикалық (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · is merkingarlegur (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · da betydningsmæssig (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · mww lub ntsiab (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) · sk sémantický (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words)

semantic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /səˈmæntək/ weak vowel merger
  • /sɪˈmæntɪk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Compare French sémantique.

Meanings

  1. In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
    • In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram. 2013, William S-Y. Wang, Love and War in Ancient China: Voices from the Shijing, page 25:
    • The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person' has been removed. 2017, Vladimir Skultety, Understanding Chinese Characters:
    • Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese. 2005, Friedrich Alexander Bischoff, Yinglin Wang, San tzu ching explicated, the classical initiation to classic Chinese couplet I to XI, page 21:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
semantics Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

cmn 意符 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning) · ja 意符 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning) · pl część semantyczna (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning) · cmn 形旁 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning) · fi semanttinen osa (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning)