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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessémantique
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sémantique
"C'est une question de sémantique."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.
"The debate over the new tax law is largely a matter of semantics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek semantikos, meaning 'significant', from semainein 'to show, signify', from sema 'sign'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Semantics" is said worldwide
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sémantique
Transliteration: sémantique
"C'est une question de sémantique."
Semantik
Transliteration: Semantik
"Das ist eine Frage der Semantik."
semantica
Transliteration: semantica
"Questa è una questione di semantica."
semántica
Transliteration: semántica
"Es una cuestión de semántica."
semântica
Transliteration: semântica
"Isso é uma questão de semântica."
शब्दार्थ विज्ञान
Transliteration: shabdarth vigyan
"यह केवल शब्दार्थ विज्ञान का मामला है।"
语义学
Transliteration: yǔyìxué
"这纯粹是语义学的问题。"
의미론
Transliteration: uimiron
"이것은 의미론상의 문제입니다."
意味論
Transliteration: imiron
"それは言葉の定義、つまり意味論の問題にすぎない。"
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