Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

signifiance

/sɪɡˈnɪfi.əns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sig-nifi-ance
IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪfi.əns/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

signification, meaning

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of this people Iugurth aſſembled a multitude togyder and by lytell & lytell enduced & taught them by cuſtome and exercyſe to folowe the oꝛder of chyualry: to kepe array / to inſue their ſtanderdes / to obey the cōmaundementes of their capitayns / to diſcerne and haue knowlege of the ſignifiaunce of ſoundes of trumpettes […]"
"Reade we not of a horne that did blaſpheme, / The name of God through pride and arrogance: / Yet of his woords and ſpeach who did miſdeeme, / Or ſought not rather their ſignifiance."
"21. The ſignifiance of the ſtarres: how commeth winter and ſummer."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English signifiaunce, from Old French senefiance, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin significantia. Doublet of significance.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: signifiaunce, senefiance, significantia

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

signifiaunce (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce signifiance?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪɡˈnɪfi.əns/.
What does signifiance mean?: signification, meaning
Where does signifiance come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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