Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semantics

/sɪˈmæntɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
se-man-tics
IPA
/sɪˈmæntɪks/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Pettiness or triviality.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sémantique, σημαντικός

Usage

Derived Forms

biosemantics ethnosemantics lexicosemantics metasemantics morphosemantics neurosemantics phonosemantics psychosemantics teleosemantics zoosemantics

Phrases

algebraic semantics applied semantics axiomatic semantics computational semantics denotational semantics distributional semantics formal semantics general semantics

Frequently Paired Words

semantic semantisation semasiology sematic sematology seme sememe semiotic

Rhymes With

antics romantics

Questions

How do you pronounce semantics?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈmæntɪks/.
What does semantics mean?
A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
Where does semantics come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce semantics

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