signifier

English

Etymology

signify +‎ -er

Noun

signifier (plural signifiers)

  1. Something or someone that signfies, makes something more significant or important.
    1. (cartomancy) A card representing a querent, question, or situation.
  2. (linguistics) The sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign.

Synonyms

Translations
(linguistics) the sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign

See also

intension on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin significō, significāre, from signum (“mark, sign, emblem”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.ɲi.fje/
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Verb

signifier

  1. to signify, mean

Conjugation
Conjugation of signifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle signifiant
/si.ɲi.fjɑ̃/
past participle signifié
/si.ɲi.fje/
infinitive
simple signifier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple signifiant
/si.ɲi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present signifie
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifies
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifie
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifions
/si.ɲi.fjɔ̃/		 signifiez
/si.ɲi.fje/		 signifient
/si.ɲi.fi/
imperfect signifiais
/si.ɲi.fjɛ/		 signifiais
/si.ɲi.fjɛ/		 signifiait
/si.ɲi.fjɛ/		 signifiions
/si.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/		 signifiiez
/si.ɲi.fi.je/		 signifiaient
/si.ɲi.fjɛ/
past historic2 signifiai
/si.ɲi.fje/		 signifias
/si.ɲi.fja/		 signifia
/si.ɲi.fja/		 signifiâmes
/si.ɲi.fjam/		 signifiâtes
/si.ɲi.fjat/		 signifièrent
/si.ɲi.fjɛʁ/
future signifierai
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁe/		 signifieras
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁa/		 signifiera
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁa/		 signifierons
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 signifierez
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁe/		 signifieront
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional signifierais
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/		 signifierais
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/		 signifierait
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/		 signifierions
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 signifieriez
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁje/		 signifieraient
/si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present signifie
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifies
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifie
/si.ɲi.fi/		 signifiions
/si.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/		 signifiiez
/si.ɲi.fi.je/		 signifient
/si.ɲi.fi/
imperfect2 signifiasse
/si.ɲi.fjas/		 signifiasses
/si.ɲi.fjas/		 signifiât
/si.ɲi.fja/		 signifiassions
/si.ɲi.fja.sjɔ̃/		 signifiassiez
/si.ɲi.fja.sje/		 signifiassent
/si.ɲi.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — signifie
/si.ɲi.fi/		 — signifions
/si.ɲi.fjɔ̃/		 signifiez
/si.ɲi.fje/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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