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See also: semàntics

English

Etymology

From French sémantique + English -s, displacing earlier semasiology. The French is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós); see semantic. By surface analysis, semantic +‎ -ics or semantic +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪˈmæntɪks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Noun

semantics (countable and uncountable, plural semantics)

(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]
Holonym: linguistics

Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology

Comeronyms: pragmatics, phonology, morphology, grammar

lexical semantics; cognitive semantics; computational semantics; historical semantics

Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- 2006, Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 March 2015, section 8.1:
  In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.
1. The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
  The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
(computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
file sharing and locking semantics
(loosely, colloquial, of a detail or distinction) Pettiness or triviality.
Who cares? This is all just semantics!

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Translations

science of the meaning of words

Afrikaans: semantiek
Albanian: semantikë (sq) f
Arabic: عِلْم اَلْمَعَانِي m (ʕilm al-maʕānī)
Armenian: իմաստաբանություն (hy) (imastabanutʻyun)
Asturian: semántica f
Belarusian: сема́нтыка f (sjemántyka)
Bulgarian: семантика f (semantika)
Catalan: semàntica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 語義學 / 语义学 (zh) (yǔyìxué)
Czech: sémantika (cs) f
Danish: semantik (da) c
Dutch: semantiek (nl) f, betekenisleer f
Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi)
French: sémantique (fr) f
Georgian: სემანტიკა (semanṭiḳa)
German: Bedeutungslehre (de), Semantik (de) f
Hebrew: תורת המשמעים f (torát hamashmaím), סמנטיקה (he) f (semántika)
Hindi: अर्थविज्ञान (hi) m (arthavijñān)
Hungarian: szemantika (hu), jelentéstan (hu)
Icelandic: merkingarfræði (is) f
Indonesian: semantik (id)
Japanese: 意味論 (ja) (いみろん, imiron)
Khmer: និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ (ni’kʰoanda’sah)
Korean: 의미론(意味論) (ko) (uimiron)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: watenasî (ku) f
Latvian: semantika (lv) f
Mongolian: утгазүй (utgazüi)
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m
Persian: علم معانی ('elm ma'âni), معنی‌شناسی (ma'ni-šenâsi)
Polish: semantyka (pl) f
Portuguese: semântica (pt) f
Romanian: semantică (ro) f
Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f (semántika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сема̀нтика f

Latin: semàntika (sh) f
Slovene: pomenoslovje (sl) n
Spanish: semántica (es) f
Swahili: semantiki (sw)
Swedish: semantik (sv) c, betydelselära c
Tagalog: semantika, paladiwaan
Thai: อรรถศาสตร์
Turkish: anlambilim (tr)
Vietnamese: ngữ nghĩa học (vi) (語義學)
Walloon: semantike (wa) f, sinsyince (wa) f

study of the relationship between words and their meanings

Bulgarian: семантика f (semantika)
Danish: semantik (da) c, betydningslære c
Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi)
Hebrew: תורת המשמעים f (torát hamashmaím), סמנטיקה (he) f (semántika)
Khmer: និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ (ni’kʰoanda’sah)
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m
Polish: semantyka (pl) f
Portuguese: semântica (pt) f
Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f (semántika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сема̀нтика f

Latin: semàntika (sh) f
Swahili: semantiki (sw)
Vietnamese: ngữ nghĩa học (vi) (語義學)
Walloon: semantike (wa) f

individual meanings of words

Bulgarian: семантика f (semantika)
Danish: semantik (da) c
Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitys (fi), merkityssisältö
Hebrew: משמעות (he) f (mashmaút), סמנטיקה (he) f (semántika)
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m
Portuguese: semântica (pt) f
Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f (semántika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сема̀нтика f

Latin: semàntika (sh) f
Turkish: anlam (tr)
Vietnamese: ngữ nghĩa (語義)
Walloon: semantike (wa) f, sinifiance f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} semantiek (nl) f
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} semantica
Italian: ^{(please verify)} semantica (it) f
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} semantika f
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} semantikk (no) c
Persian: ^{(please verify)} معنی‌شناسی (ma'ni-šenâsi)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} semantik (sv) c

Anagrams

amnestics

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