Meaning

3 senses

  1. Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.

  2. Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.

    A card representing a querent, question, or situation.

  3. A sign, such as a written or spoken word, which refers to some concept, object or person, the signified.

    Signifikant

    означа́ющееoznačájuščeje

More definitions
  • the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The signifier is not identical to the signified.

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  2. The signifiers are the same, but not the signified.

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  3. Vermilion is one the signifiers of Chinese culture.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(linguistics) the sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(linguistics) the sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign:

Origin

From signify + -er.

From signify + -er.

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Forms

plural: signifiers
Singularsignifier
Pluralsignifiers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
significator
Close in meaning
  • the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something:formword formdescriptor

Word family

6 related words
RelatedreferentB2signifiedsignify
Derivedempty signifierfloating signifiermaster signifier

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
significanceB1significantA2significantlyB2signifyB2signpostB1silenceA2
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