semantic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪˈmæntɪk/, SAMPA: /sI"m{ntIk/

  Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

semantic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
2. (web design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
3. (of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.

Derived terms

• antisemantic
• semantically
• semantic change
• semantic field
• semantic shift

Related terms

• seme
• sememe
• semantics
• semasiology
• sematic
• sematology
• semiotic
• semiotics

Translations

of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words

Arabic: دلالات الألفاظ (ar) Catalan: semàntic (ca) Czech: sémantický (cs) Dutch: semantisch (nl) German: semantisch (de) Hungarian: szemantikus (hu), szemantikai (hu), jelentéstani (hu), jelentésbeli (hu) Icelandic: merkingarlegur m., merkingarleg f., merkingarlegt n.; merkingarfræðilegur m., merkingarfræðileg f., merkingarfræðilegt n.

Japanese: セマンティック (ja) (semantikku) Korean: 시멘틱 (ko) (simentik) Polish: semantyczny (pl) m. Portuguese: semântico (pt) Russian: семантический (ru) Spanish: semántico (es) m. Swedish: betydelsemässig (sv), semantisk (sv)

References

• Semantic Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Semantic Web
• “semantic” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “semantic” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "semantic" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
• "Semantic code: What? Why? How?" in boagworld.
• semantic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amnestic, nematics