semiotic

English

Alternative forms

• semeiotic, semeiotical, semiotical

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^[1]:

     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

of or relating to semiotics or to semantics

• Dutch: semiotisch (nl)
• Finnish: semioottinen (fi)
• French: sémiotique (fr)
• German: semiotisch (de)
• Interlingua: semiotic
• Italian: semiotico (it)
• Macedonian: семиотички (semiotički)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: semiotisk

  Nynorsk: semiotisk

• Portuguese: semiótico
• Romanian: semiotic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: семиотски

  Roman: semiotski

• Spanish: semiótico

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• comities

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

		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