semantic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪˈmæntɪk/, X-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)
• French: sémantique (fr)
• German: semantisch (de)
• Hungarian: szemantikus (hu), szemantikai (hu), jelentéstani (hu), jelentésbeli (hu)
• Icelandic: merkingarlegur; merkingarfræðilegur

• Japanese: セマンティック (ja) (semantikku)
• Korean: 시멘틱 (ko) (simentik)
• Polish: semantyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: semântico (pt)
• Russian: семантический (ru) (semantíčeskij)
• 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