semantic

semantic

See also: semàntic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sémantique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈmæntɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

semantic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]
2. (software design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
3. (slang, of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.

Antonyms

• antisemantic

Derived terms

• presemantic
• semantically
• semantic change
• semantic field
• semanticist
• semantic shift
• semantic versioning

 

Related terms

• semantics
• semasiology
• sematic
• sematology
• seme
• sememe
• semiotic
• semiotics

 

Translations

of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words

Arabic: دَلَالَات الأَلفَاظ‎ Asturian: semánticu Belarusian: семанты́чны (sjemantýčny) Catalan: semàntic Czech: sémantický, významový Dutch: semantisch (nl) Finnish: semanttinen (fi), merkitysopillinen French: sémantique (fr) German: semantisch (de) Greek: σημασιολογικός (el) (simasiologikós) Hungarian: szemantikus, szemantikai, jelentéstani, jelentésbeli Icelandic: merkingarlegur, merkingarfræðilegur Italian: semantico (it) Japanese: 意味的な (imiteki na) Kazakh: семантикалық (semantikalyq) Korean: 시멘틱 (simentik) Maltese: semantika Marathi: शब्दार्थासंबंधीचा m (śabdārthāsambandhīcā) Polish: semantyczny (pl) m Portuguese: semântico (pt) Romanian: semantic (ro) Russian: семанти́ческий (ru) (semantíčeskij) Slovak: sémantický, významový Spanish: semántico (es) Swedish: betydelsemässig (sv), semantisk (sv) Turkish: anlamsal (tr), manaya ait, semantik (tr) Ukrainian: семанти́чний (semantýčnyj) White Hmong: lub ntsiab

Noun

semantic (plural semantics)

1. (linguistics) 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.
   • 2005, Friedrich Alexander Bischoff, Yinglin Wang, San tzu ching explicated, the classical initiation to classic Chinese couplet I to XI, page 21:

     Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese.

   • 2013, William S-Y. Wang, Love and War in Ancient China: Voices from the Shijing, page 25:

     In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram.

   • 2017, Vladimir Skultety, Understanding Chinese Characters:

     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.

Translations

component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates meaning

Chinese: Mandarin: 形旁 (zh) (xíngpáng), 意符 (zh) (yìfú) Finnish: semanttinen osa Japanese: please add this translation if you can

References

• Semantic Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “semantic”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “semantic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "semantic" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• "Semantic code: What? Why? How?" in boagworld.
• semantic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amnestic, ancestim, nematics

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sémantique.

Adjective

semantic m or n (feminine singular semantică, masculine plural semantici, feminine and neuter plural semantice)

1. semantic

Declension

Declension of semantic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	semantic		semantică	semantici	semantice
	definite	semanticul		semantica	semanticii	semanticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	semantic		semantice	semantici	semantice
	definite	semanticului		semanticei	semanticilor	semanticelor