How do you pronounce semantic?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈmæntɪk/.

semantic

/sɪˈmæntɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: se-man-tic
IPA: /sɪˈmæntɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.

adj

Reflecting intended structure and meaning.

adj

Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.

Slang

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese."
"In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram."
"The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person'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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σημαντικός

Usage

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Inflected Forms

semantics (plural)

Derived Forms

asemantic autosemantic biosemantic endosemantic episemantic ethnosemantic exosemantic extrasemantic grammaticosemantic isosemantic lexicosemantic metasemantic

Phrases

phono-semantic compound phono-semantic matching semantic analysis semantic bleaching semantic borrowing semantic calque semantic change semantic differentiation

Frequently Paired Words

semantical semantics semasiology sematic sematology seme sememe semiotic

Antonyms

antisemantic

Rhymes With

romantic atlantic gigantic frantic transatlantic pedantic antic sycophantic willimantic mantic marantic panromantic