semiotic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

semiotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
    • 2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media‎:
      Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.
  2. (medicine, dated) Of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “semiotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sémiotique.

Adjective

semiotic m or n (feminine singular semiotică, masculine plural semiotici, feminine and neuter plural semiotice)

  1. semiotic

Declension
Declension of semiotic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite semiotic semiotică semiotici semiotice
definite semioticul semiotica semioticii semioticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite semiotic semiotice semiotici semiotice
definite semioticului semioticei semioticilor semioticelor
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